Developments under the Ramsar Convention: Allocation of water for river and wetland ecosystems

Review of European Community and International Environmental Law

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-46

  Iza, Alejandro ^a  

^a IUCN Environmental Law Centre   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVER MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

EID: 2442555201     PISSN: 09628797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9388.2004.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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