The role of the voluntary sector in the evolving geoconservation movement

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 300, Issue , 2008, Pages 61-89

  Burek, Cynthia V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; HISTORY OF GEOLOGY; NINETEENTH CENTURY;

EID: 50949096042     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP300.6     Document Type: Article

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