Participatory planning for eco-trekking on a potential World Heritage site: The communities of the Kokoda Track

Pacific Economic Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 101-117

  Wearing, Stephen ^a   Grabowski, Simone ^a   Chatterton, Paul ^b   Ponting, Jess ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Worldwide Fund for Nature South Pacific Program   (Papua New Guinea)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77954155187     PISSN: 08178038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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