Threat reduction assessment: A practical and cost-effective approach to evaluating conservation and development projects

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 830-841

  Salafsky, Nick ^a,b   Margoluis, Richard ^a  

^a WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^b MacArthur Foundation   (United States)

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EID: 0032794073     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98183.x     Document Type: Article

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