Addressing challenges of developing countries in implementing five priorities for sustainable development goals

Ecosystem Health and Sustainability

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1-4

  Sarvajayakesavalu, Suriyanarayanan ^a  

^a SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) Beijing Office   (China)

Author keywords

data; developing countries; device metrics; GIS; monitoring; SDGs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977904009     PISSN: 20964129     EISSN: 23328878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/EHS15-0028.1     Document Type: Article

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