Indigenous peoples in international environmental cooperation: Arctic management of hazardous substances

Review of European Community and International Environmental Law

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-83

  Selin, Henrik ^a   Selin, Noelle Eckley ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HEAVY METAL; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL LAW; ORGANIC POLLUTANT;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 42149149807     PISSN: 09628797     EISSN: 14679388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9388.2008.00589.x     Document Type: Review

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