Governing International Commons: From Polycentric to Plurinational Governance in the Amazon
Author(s): Roger Merino (Author)
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date: May 7, 2026
- Language: English
- Print length: 228 pages
- ISBN-10: 1009689045
- ISBN-13: 9781009689045
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