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Research Article

Climate change, environmental stress and loss of livelihoods can push people towards illegal activities: a case study from coastal Bangladesh

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Pages 907-917 | Received 27 Mar 2018, Accepted 17 Feb 2019, Published online: 05 Mar 2019

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