Tartuffe’s Madagascar: conservation hypocrisy
Keywords:
Madagascar, rosewood, ebony, CITES, traffic, World Bank, PADAP, donors, millions of dollars, GDP, debts, governance, forest, wetlands, Alaotra, VIP, Galápagos, Borneo, origins, archaeology, frugivores, nitrogen, Sci-Hub, conservation, developmentAbstract
The international donor community's unbreakable interest
Some are more equal than others
The good, the bad, and the ugly of peer-reviewed publishing
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