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Assessing the Assessments: Case Study of an Emergency Action Plan for the Control of Water Hyacinth in Lake Victoria

George M. Sikoyo The World Conservation Union–IUCN, Uganda Country Office, (formerly at the African Centre for Technology Studies), Kampala, UgandaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Lisa Goldman Environmental Law Institute, Washington, DC, USA
Pages 443-455 | Published online: 19 Nov 2007

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