Mainstreaming Biodiversity: Conservation for the Twenty-First Century
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1 Archipelago Consulting, Portland, ME, USA, 2 Department of Environmental Studies, University of New England, Biddeford, ME, USA, 3 Centre for Invasion Biology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 4 International Institute for Environment and Development, London, UK, 5 GEF Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel, Washington, DC, USA, 6 Global Environment Facility, Washington, DC, USA, 7 Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA, 8 Department of Zoology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 9 Conservation International, San Jose, Costa Rica, 10 Department of Botany, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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