Transforming conservation science and practice for a postnormal world

Conservation Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1008-1017

  Colloff, Matthew J ^a,b   Lavorel, Sandra ^c   van Kerkhoff, Lorrae E ^a   Wyborn, Carina A ^d   Fazey, Ioan ^e   Gorddard, Russell ^b   Mace, Georgina M ^f   Foden, Wendy B ^g,h   Dunlop, Michael ^b   Prentice, I Colin ⁱ   Crowley, John ^j   Leadley, Paul ^k   Degeorges, Patrick ^l  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g Species Survival Commission   (Switzerland)

^h STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

ⁱ Grand Challenges in Ecosystems and Environment   (United Kingdom)

^j UNESCO   (France)

^k UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^l du Developpement et de l'Amenagement Durables   (France)

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Author keywords

adaptation pathways; adaptation services; adaptive governance; aprendizaje; cambio global; co producci n; conocimiento reglas valores; coproduction; global change; gobernanza adaptativa; learning; servicios de adaptaci n; transformaci n; transformation; values rules knowledge; v as de adaptaci n

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; APPLIED SCIENCE; DECISION MAKING; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS;

EID: 85020415769     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12912     Document Type: Article

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