Are conservation funds degrading wildlife habitats?

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 45, Issue 26-27, 2010, Pages 22-25

  Gubbi, Sanjay ^a  

^a Wildlife Conservation Society India   (India)

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EID: 84859319530     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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