Excluding illegal timber and improving forest governance: The European union's forest law enforcement, governance and trade initiative

High-Value Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 228-237

  Brack, Duncan ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84925778592     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849775786     Document Type: Chapter

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