Measuring the effectiveness of landscape approaches to conservation and development

Sustainability Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 465-476

  Sayer, Jeffrey A ^a   Margules, Chris ^a,b   Boedhihartono, Agni K ^a   Sunderland, Terry ^c   Langston, James D ^a   Reed, James ^c   Riggs, Rebecca ^a   Buck, Louise E ^d   Campbell, Bruce M ^e,f   Kusters, Koen ^g   Elliott, Chris ^h   Minang, Peter A ⁱ   Dale, Allan ^a   Purnomo, Herry ^c,j   Stevenson, James R ^k   Gunarso, Petrus ^l   Purnomo, Agus ^m  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^g Wereld in Woorden Global Research and Reporting   (Netherlands)

^h Climate and Land Use Alliance   (United States)

ⁱ WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^j BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^k FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^l Indonesian Forestry Scholars Association PERSAKI   (Indonesia)

^m Sinar Mas Agro Resources and Technology (SMART)   (Indonesia)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity development trade offs; Conservation and development; Conservation impact assessment; Conservation theories of change; Integrated landscape approaches to conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997821095     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-016-0415-z     Document Type: Article

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