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The Encroaching Forest: Struggles Over Land and Resources on the Boundary of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

Pages 776-789 | Received 05 Oct 2007, Accepted 06 Nov 2008, Published online: 04 Jun 2010

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