Adaptation to climate change to save biodiversity: Lessons learned from African and European experiences

Climate Law and Developing Countries: Legal and Policy Challenges for the World Economy

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 206-232

  Erens, Saja ^a   Verschuuren, Jonathan ^b   Bastmeijer, Kees ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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