Resourcing ecological restoration: the legal context for commercial initiatives

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 686-691

  Richardson, Benjamin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

business corporations, corporate law; ecological restoration; financing; markets

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FINANCE; MARKET; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

EID: 84973382100     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12390     Document Type: Article

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