Income is Not Enough: The Effect of Economic Incentives on Forest Product Conservation A comparison of forest communities dependent on the agroforests of Krui, Sumatra and natural dipterocarp forests of Kayan Mentarang, East Kalimantan
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All photographs were taken by Eva Wollenberg
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تاریخ انتشار 2002