Supply-side policies to conserve biodiversity and save the orangutan from oil palm expansion: An economic assessment

Handbook of Nature Conservation: Global, Environmental and Economic Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 171-180

  Tisdell, Clem ^a   Nantha, Hemanath Swarna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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