Environmental activism and the global forest sector

The Global Forest Sector: Changes, Practices, and Prospects

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 203-236

  Schirmer, Jacki ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

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EID: 85054138791     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b16186     Document Type: Chapter

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