COVID-19 Response in Africa: Impacts and Lessons for Environmental Management and Climate Change Adaptation

Overview

Journal Environ Dev Sustain

Publisher Springer

Date 2023 Jan 30

PMID 36714211

Authors

Victor Ongoma

Terence Epule Epule

Youssef Brouziyne

Meryem Tanarhte

Abdelghani Chehbouni

Affiliations

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Abstract

Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10668-023-02956-0.

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