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Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning Volume 21, 2019 - Issue 5: Discourse, power and environmental policy: discursive policy analysis revisited
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The promises of the Amazonian soil: shifts in discourses of Terra Preta and biochar

Joana BezerraWageningen University, Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group (FNP), Wageningen, The Netherlands;Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Esther TurnhoutWageningen University, Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group (FNP), Wageningen, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Isabel Melo VasquezWageningen University, Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group (FNP), Wageningen, The Netherlands;Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, BrazilView further author information
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Tatiana Francischinelli RittlDepartment of Soil Quality, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands;Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ), São Paulo, BrazilView further author information
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Bas ArtsWageningen University, Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group (FNP), Wageningen, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Thomas W. KuyperDepartment of Soil Quality, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The NetherlandsView further author information
Pages 623-635 | Received 30 Jan 2015, Accepted 25 Nov 2016, Published online: 29 Dec 2016

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