The dynamic context of southern African savannas: investigating emerging threats and opportunities to sustainability

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-22

  Eriksen, S E H ^a   Watson, H K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Policy; Savannas; Southern Africa; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 58349111884     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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