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Elsevier2017Ecosystem services and federalism: a case study of Switzerland
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The escalating food demand by a growing and increasingly affluent global population is placing unprecedented pressure on the limited land and water resources of the planet, underpinning concerns over global food security and its sensitivity to shocks arisi ...
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