Accumulation by Conservation

New Political Economy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 273-298

  Büscher, Bram ^a   Fletcher, Robert ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b Earth Charter Center for Education for Sustainable Development at University for Peace   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

accumulation; capitalism; conservation; green economy; nature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923595032     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: 14699923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563467.2014.923824     Document Type: Article

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