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The development and application of strategic adaptive management within South African National Parks

Dirk J. Roux, Llewellyn C. Foxcroft
Koedoe | Vol 53, No 2 | a1049 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v53i2.1049 | © 2011 Dirk J. Roux, Llewellyn C. Foxcroft | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 17 March 2011 | Published: 11 May 2011

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Dirk J. Roux, Freshwater Conservation, South African National Parks Based on the George Campus of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa
Llewellyn C. Foxcroft, South African National Parks, Skukuza, South Africa

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