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Book Title: Convenient Solutions For An Inconvenient Truth: Ecosystem-Ba...
Item Length: 9in.
Item Height: 0.3in.
Item Width: 6in.
Author: WORLD Bank
Publication Name: Convenient Solutions to an Inconvenient Truth : Ecosystem-Based Approaches to Climate Change
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: WORLD Bank Publications
Publication Year: 2009
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 6.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 130 Pages
