The Non-legally Binding Instrument on Sustainable Management of All Types of Forests - Towards a Legal Regime for Sustainable Forest Management?

German Law Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 981-1005

  Kunzmann, Katharina ^a  

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EID: 85178243214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20718322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2071832200000250     Document Type: Article

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