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  1. Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia

    B. Gebeyehu

  2. Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia

    B. Adugna

  3. Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia

    T. Gammie

  4. College of Development Studies, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Belay Simane & Abate Mekuriaw

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Gebeyehu, B., Adugna, B., Gammie, T., Simane, B., Mekuriaw, A. (2019). Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11352-0_277

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