Halting natural resource depletion: Engaging with economic and political power

Economic and Labour Relations Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 41-56

  Lindenmayer, David ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem collapse; environmental accounting; non target impact; sustained yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015980747     PISSN: 10353046     EISSN: 18382673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1035304616685265     Document Type: Article

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