Voluntary carbon offsets: A contribution to sustainable tourism?

Sustainable Tourism Futures: Perspectives on Systems, Restructuring and Innovations

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 169-199

  Broderick, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84909206152     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203884256     Document Type: Chapter

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