Power to the poor: Tapping the wealth of ecosystems

Environment

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-23

  Mock, Greg ^a   Steele, Paul ^a  

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Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CAPITAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INVESTMENT; LAW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MONEY; OCCUPATION; POLICY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POVERTY; PROFIT; REFORESTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; TAX; WATERSHED;

EID: 30944455280     PISSN: 00139157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/ENVT.48.1.8-23     Document Type: Review

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