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Payments for Forest Ecosystem Services Across Europe – Main Approaches and Examples from Slovakia

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|Jun 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2019-0012 | Journal eISSN: 1337-947X | Journal ISSN: 1335-342X
Language: English
Page range: 154 - 165
Published on: Jun 20, 2019
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