Settling environmental citizenship: The presentation of self in conservation encounters

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Settling environmental citizenship : The presentation of self in conservation encounters. / García, Rocio Melina; Rasmussen, Mattias Borg.

In: Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Vol. 29, No. 1, 2024, p. 17-26.

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Harvard

García, RM & Rasmussen, MB 2024, 'Settling environmental citizenship: The presentation of self in conservation encounters', Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 17-26. https://doi.org/10.1111/jlca.12692

APA

García, R. M., & Rasmussen, M. B. (2024). Settling environmental citizenship: The presentation of self in conservation encounters. Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, 29(1), 17-26. https://doi.org/10.1111/jlca.12692

Vancouver

García RM, Rasmussen MB. Settling environmental citizenship: The presentation of self in conservation encounters. Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology. 2024;29(1):17-26. https://doi.org/10.1111/jlca.12692

Author

García, Rocio Melina ; Rasmussen, Mattias Borg. / Settling environmental citizenship : The presentation of self in conservation encounters. In: Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology. 2024 ; Vol. 29, No. 1. pp. 17-26.

Bibtex

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