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New Pressures, Old Foodways: Governance and Access to Edible Mopane Caterpillars, Imbrasia (=Gonimbrasia) Belina, in the Context of Commercialization and Environmental Change in South Africa Cover

New Pressures, Old Foodways: Governance and Access to Edible Mopane Caterpillars, Imbrasia (=Gonimbrasia) Belina, in the Context of Commercialization and Environmental Change in South Africa

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|Feb 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.978 | Journal eISSN: 1875-0281
Language: English
Submitted on: May 22, 2019
Accepted on: Nov 1, 2019
Published on: Feb 18, 2020
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