Sacred natural sites, cultural landscapes and UNESCO's action

Sacred Natural Sites: Conserving Nature and Culture

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 161-169

  Schaaf, Thomas ^a   Rossler, Mechtild ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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