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The development and application of strategic adaptive management within South African National Parks
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 AfricaLlewellyn C. Foxcroft, South African National Parks, Skukuza, South Africa
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