In the eye of the beholder: Reconciling interpretations of forest landscape restoration

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 2888-2898

  Mansourian, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bonn Challenge; FLR; forest landscape restoration; governance; SDGs

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LAND RECLAMATION; RESTORATION;

BONN CHALLENGE; COMMON GROUND; COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION; FOREST RESTORATION; GOVERNANCE; POLICY MAKERS; SDGS;

CONSERVATION;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LANDSCAPE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85052985699     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.3014     Document Type: Article

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