Human Capital Depreciation: Impoverishment of Mangrove Shellfishing in Tumaco, Colombia
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عنوان ژورنال: Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2039-2117
DOI: 10.2478/mjss-2019-0042