The invention of biodiversity: Social perspectives on the management of biological variety in Africa

Africa

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages

  Guyer, Jane ^a   Richards, Paul ^a  

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EID: 17344387217     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1161508     Document Type: Review

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