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    Christopher J. Preston

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Lemons, J. (2007). Nature Diminished or Nature Managed: Applying Rolston's Environmental Ethics in National Parks. In: Preston, C.J., Ouderkirk, W. (eds) Nature, Value, Duty. The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht . https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4878-5_12

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