Land degradation, ecosystem services and resilience of smallholder farmers in makanya catchment, tanzania

Conserving Land, Protecting Water

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 33-50

  Gordon, Line J ^a   Enfors, Elin I ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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