Increasing world consumption of beef as a driver of regional and global change: A call for policy action based on evidence from Queensland (Australia), Colombia and Brazil

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  2009

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  Global Environmental Change-human and Policy Dimensions

• Publication date

  2009-02-01

• Fields of study

  Business, Economics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.GLOENVCHA.2008.10.008
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