Between bolivar and bureaucracy: The Mesoamerican biological corridor

Conservation and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 478-503

  Grandia, Liza ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BINGOs; Biodiversity conservation; Corridors; Mesoamerica; Neoliberalism; Trade; Uindigenous peoples; World Bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 85064693947     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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