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Can a developing country like Chile invest in biodiversity conservation?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2007

MARIANNE V. ASMÜSSEN
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciencias EcológicasFacultad de Ciencias, Universidad de ChilePO Box 653, Santiago, Chile
JAVIER A. SIMONETTI*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciencias EcológicasFacultad de Ciencias, Universidad de ChilePO Box 653, Santiago, Chile
*
*Correspondence: Dr Javier A. Simonetti e-mail: jsimonet@uchile.cl

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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 2007

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