Policies for biodiversity conservation: The case of Sub-Saharan Africa

International Affairs

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 281-305

  Perrings, Charles ^a   Lovett, Jon ^a  

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DOI: 10.1111/1468-2346.00073     Document Type: Article

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