An overview of resistance against industrial tree plantations in the global south

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 45, Issue 41, 2010, Pages 30-34

  Gerber, Julien François ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79954604338     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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