Does formalizing artisanal gold mining mitigate environmental impacts? Deforestation evidence from the Peruvian Amazon
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Research Letters
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1748-9326
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/abede9