Agro-biodiversity conservation in Europe: Ethical issues

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-25

  Negri, Valeria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Complexity; Ethics; Landraces; On farm conservation; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ETHICS; NATURE CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 13744256282     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-004-3084-3     Document Type: Article

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