Indigenous knowledge, skills and action: Indigenous women’s learning in the Peruvian Amazon
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Titling indigenous communities protects forests in the Peruvian Amazon.
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عنوان ژورنال: Studies in the Education of Adults
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0266-0830,1478-9833
DOI: 10.1080/02660830.2019.1600786