Preparing for Myanmar's environment-friendly reform

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 229-233

  Wang, Changjian ^a,b   Wang, Fei ^a,b   Wang, Qiang ^a   Yang, Degang ^a   Li, Lianrong ^c   Zhang, Xinlin ^a,b  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c China Satellite Launch and Tracking Control Genera   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Environment friendly reform; Environmental policy; Myanmar

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; HABITAT; HUMAN; LAW; LEADERSHIP; MYANMAR; NONHUMAN; PANTHERA; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84871732721     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.08.014     Document Type: Article

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