Protected areas, household environmental incomes and well-being in the Greater Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem
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عنوان ژورنال: Forest Policy and Economics
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1389-9341
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2019.101948