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Investing in Natural Capital and Economic Development: South Africa’s Drakensberg Mountains

James Blignaut, James Aronson, Myles Mander and Christo Marais
Ecological Restoration, June 2008, 26 (2) 143-150; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.26.2.143
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