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Introduction: Land Degradation in Africa

✍ Scribed by C. J. Barrow

Book ID
102450516
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
19 KB
Volume
14
Category
Article
ISSN
1085-3278

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✦ Synopsis

I am delighted to have the opportunity to offer a short introduction to this Special Issue, which is devoted to papers addressing land degradation in Africa. Usually special issues of this journal are quite tight in focus, often the product of a workshop or conference. In this case, however,

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