Progress and Challenges in Valuing Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Services
โ Scribed by Barbier, E. B.
- Book ID
- 118016564
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 193 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1750-6816
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