Bridging the gap: Sharing responsibility for ecological restoration and wildlife conservation on private lands in the Western Ghats

Social Change

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 129-141

  Shankar, T R ^a   Mudappa, Divya ^b  

^a Rainforest Restoration Research Station   (India)

^b NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

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EID: 85106870989     PISSN: 00490857     EISSN: 09763538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004908570303300309     Document Type: Article

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