EU's Conservation Efforts Need More Strategic Investment to Meet Continental Commitments

Conservation Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 231-237

  Hermoso, Virgilio ^a,b   Clavero, Miguel ^c   Villero, Dani ^a   Brotons, Lluís ^a,d,e  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d CREAF   (Spain)

^e CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birds Directive; conservation investment; conservation policy; Habitats Directive; LIFE Nature; REFIT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964776888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12248     Document Type: Article

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