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Environment and Development in the Philippine Uplands: The Problem of Agricultural Land Degradation

✍ Scribed by Robert Cramb

Book ID: 108520976
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 175 KB
Volume: 22
Category: Article
ISSN: 1035-7823
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8403.00019

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