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Deforestation in Australia: drivers, trends and policy responses

Megan C. Evans
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The Australian National University, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. Email: megan.evans@anu.edu.au

Pacific Conservation Biology 22(2) 130-150 https://doi.org/10.1071/PC15052
Submitted: 6 November 2015  Accepted: 4 April 2016   Published: 6 May 2016



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