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Community conserved areas: policy issues in historic and contemporary context

  1. Fikret Berkes

Article first published online: 20 NOV 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2008.00040.x

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Conservation Letters

Conservation Letters

Volume 2, Issue 1, pages 20–25, February 2009

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Berkes, F. (2009), Community conserved areas: policy issues in historic and contemporary context. Conservation Letters, 2: 20–25. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2008.00040.x

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  1. University of Manitoba

*Correspondence Fikret Berkes, Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba. Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada. E-mail: berkes@cc.umanitoba.ca

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  1. Issue published online: 10 FEB 2009
  2. Article first published online: 20 NOV 2008
  3. Received: 30 July 2008; accepted 18 October 2008.

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