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Between Difference and Synergy: Cultural Issues in an International Research Scheme

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Land Use, Nature Conservation and the Stability of Rainforest Margins in Southeast Asia

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The contributions in this reader document the result of two years of research in an intercultural context. It has been managed by joint German-Indonesian planning and steering committees, and it has been conducted in close co-operation between more than 100 German (including a few other European nationals) and Indonesian scholars and researchers, both parts being equally represented in numbers.

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Fremerey, M., Panggabean, H. (2004). Between Difference and Synergy: Cultural Issues in an International Research Scheme. In: Gerold, G., Fremerey, M., Guhardja, E. (eds) Land Use, Nature Conservation and the Stability of Rainforest Margins in Southeast Asia. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08237-9_29

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