Environmental benchmarks for agriculture? Clarifying the framework in a federal system - Australia

Land Use Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-163

  Williams, Richard ^a   Walcott, James ^a  

^a BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

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EID: 0008436583     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8377(97)00042-2     Document Type: Article

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