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  1. Centre for International Forestry Research, Jl. CIFOR, Sindangbarang, Bogor Barat, 16680, Indonesia

    Daniel Murdiyarso

  2. Unit for Social and Environmental Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand

    Louis Lebel

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  1. Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, GPO Box 3023, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia

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    Diane E. Pataki

  3. Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Frostburg, MD, 21532, USA

    Louis F. Pitelka

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Murdiyarso, D., Lebel, L. (2007). Southeast Asian Fire Regimes and Land Development Policy. In: Canadell, J.G., Pataki, D.E., Pitelka, L.F. (eds) Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World. Global Change — The IGBP Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32730-1_21

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