CITES at forty: Never too late to make lifestyle changes

Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 311-323

  Couzens, Ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NATURE CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 84922817892     PISSN: 20500386     EISSN: 20500394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/reel.12046     Document Type: Article

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