Can a developing country like Chile invest in biodiversity conservation?

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 183-185

  Asmüssen, Marianne V ^a   Simonetti, Javier A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; CHILE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; COST; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GOVERNMENT; NOTE;

EID: 36749058927     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892907004183     Document Type: Note

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