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Pastoralism: Indigenous Way of Mitigating Climate and Poverty Risk

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  1. Environment and Sustainable Development Studies, Singidunum University, Belgrade, Serbia

    Suzana Djordjević-Milošević & Jelena Milovanović

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  1. European School of Sustainability Science and Research, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, The University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökçin Özuyar

  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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  1. School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

    Datu Buyung Agusdinata

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Djordjević-Milošević, S., Milovanović, J. (2020). Pastoralism: Indigenous Way of Mitigating Climate and Poverty Risk. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) Zero Hunger. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95675-6_89

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