Biodiversity offsetting – en vogue in Madagascar?

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  • Patrick O. Waeber Madagascar Wildlife Conservation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4314/mcd.v7i3.1

Keywords:

mining, biodiversity offsetting, compensatory mechanism, exploitation minière, compensation, impacts, biodiversité

Abstract

Editorial for 7:3

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