Exploring the role of wild natural resources in poverty alleviation with an emphasis on South Africa

Reforming Land and Resource Use in South Africa: Impact on Livelihoods

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 209-234

  Shackleton, Sheona ^a   Shackleton, Charlie ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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