Far away, so close: A legal analysis of the increasing interactions between the Convention on Biological Diversity and climate change law

Climate Law

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-115

  Morgera, Elisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79957986196     PISSN: 18786553     EISSN: 18786561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/cl-2011-027     Document Type: Article

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