Greenland's new legislation on commercial and research-related use of biological resources: Implications for the International Polar Year and later

Polar Record

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-106

  Leary, David ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMMERCIALIZATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LEGISLATION; POLAR REGION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH WORK; TUFA;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; IKKA FJORD;

EID: 38649135710     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: 14753057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247407007073     Document Type: Article

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