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Community-Based Monitoring of Tropical Forest Crimes and Forest Resources Using Information and Communication Technology – Experiences from Prey Lang, Cambodia

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|Sep 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.129 | Journal eISSN: 2057-4991
Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 16, 2017
Accepted on: Aug 8, 2018
Published on: Sep 21, 2018
Published by: Ubiquity Press
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