Effectiveness of private land conservation areas in maintaining natural land cover and biodiversity intactness

CITATION: Shumba, T. et al. 2020. Effectiveness of private land conservation areas in maintaining natural land cover and biodiversity intactness. Global Ecology and Conservation, 22:e00935, doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e00935.

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