A tale of two villages: assessing the dynamics of fuelwood supply in communal landscapes in South Africa
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RUWADZANO MATSIKA 1 ∗, B AREND F. N. E R AS M US 1 AND WAYNE C. T W INE 2 1 School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, WITS 2050, South Africa, and 2School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, c/o Wits Rural Facility, Private Bag X420, Acornhoek, 1360, South Africa Date submitted: 10 October 2011; Date accepted: 13 June 2012; First published online: 21 September 2012
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تاریخ انتشار 2013