Social Impact Framework for assessing the impacts of NBS on human well-being and justice and its relation to biodiversity

Heidi Tuhkanen; Kaidi Tamm

doi:10.5281/zenodo.19681508

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Social Impact Framework for assessing the impacts of NBS on human well-being and justice and its relation to biodiversity

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