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Beyond COP 21: Potential and challenges of the “4 per Thousand” initiative

Rattan Lal
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation January 2016, 71 (1) 20A-25A; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.71.1.20A
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