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Strengthening Social Capital for Adaptive Governance of Natural Resources: A Participatory Learning and Action Research for Bylaws Reforms in Uganda

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Pages 695-710 | Received 26 Nov 2007, Accepted 18 Aug 2008, Published online: 02 Jun 2010

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