The Berlin Initiative on strengthening the conservation agenda of the International Whaling Commission: Toward a new era for cetaceans?

Review of European Community and International Environmental Law

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-84

  Burns, William C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; WHALING;

CETACEA;

EID: 2442466008     PISSN: 09628797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9388.2004.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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