1.2 sustainable ranching and restoring forests in agricultural landscapes, panama
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Jacob L. slusser works for the Environmental leadership and Training initiative (ElTi), smithsonian Tropical research institute (sTri), ancón, panama city, panama; Alicia Calle is at the university of california-santa cruz, santa cruz, usa; and eva Garen works for the Environmental leadership and Training initiative (ElTi), Yale university, new haven, connecticut, usa. 1.2 sustainable ranching and restoring forests in agricultural landscapes, panama
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