Real world protection for the third pole and its people

Protection of the Three Poles

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 113-133

  Chettri, Nakul ^a   Shrestha, Arun B ^a   Zhaoli, Yan ^a   Bajracharya, Birendra ^a   Sharma, Eklabya ^a   Ouyang, Hua ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

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EID: 84886615681     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-54006-9_5     Document Type: Chapter

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