Triumph of the commons: Age-old participatory practices provide lessons for institutional reform in the rural sector

Australian Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 69-77

  Coop, Phil ^a   Brunckhorst, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 0346306801     PISSN: 13221698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14486563.1999.10648453     Document Type: Article

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