From genocide to ecocide: The rape of Rapa Nui

Energy and Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 513-539

  Peiser, Benny ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOIL POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL CIRCLES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS; SELF-DESTRUCTION; THEORY OF ECOCIDE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION;

PLANTS;

EASTER ISLAND; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 22244492609     PISSN: 0958305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0958305054672385     Document Type: Article

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