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  • Restoring the Pacific Northwest

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    Series series Science Practice Ecological Restoration
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  • Mountain Voices

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    Series series Canadian History and Environment
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  • Canadian Mountain Assessment

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    The Canadian Mountain Assessment provides a first-of-its-kind look at what we know, do not know, and need to know about mountain systems in Canada. The assessment is based on insights from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit knowledges of mountains, as well as findings from an extensive assessment of pertinent academic literature. Its inclusive knowledge co-creation approach brings these multiple ... Leer más

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  • Human Dimensions of Ecological Restoration

    Integrating Science, Nature, and Culture

    Series series Science Practice Ecological Restoration
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    Series series Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility
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  • Thinking Like a Mountain

    An Ecological Perspective on Earth

    Series series Island Press E-ssentials
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  • The Oxford Handbook of the Prehistoric Arctic

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