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Kerri Woods: Human rights and environmental sustainability

Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2010, ISBN 9871848448537

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Gellers, J. Kerri Woods: Human rights and environmental sustainability. Int Environ Agreements 12, 211–214 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10784-012-9168-z

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