Madagascar's Burning Issue: The Persistent Conflict over Fire

Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 8-19

  Kull, Christian A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DESERT; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIRE; FOREST; GRASSLAND; MADAGASCAR; POLITICS; RAIN FOREST; REVIEW; VEGETATION;

EID: 0036553673     PISSN: 00139157     EISSN: 19399154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00139150209605604     Document Type: Article

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