Finding pathways to national-scale land-sector sustainability

Nature

Volumn 544, Issue 7649, 2017, Pages 217-222

  Gao, Lei ^a   Bryan, Brett A ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GROWTH RATE; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; UNITED NATIONS; WATER RESOURCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOENERGY; DEGRADATION; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED NATIONS; WATER SUPPLY; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; CATERING SERVICE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MOTIVATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TECHNOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS;

AUSTRALIA;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOOD SUPPLY; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TECHNOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED NATIONS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 85017540127     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature21694     Document Type: Article

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