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Wetland Science and Practice 20(1):48-53. 2003
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1672/0732-9393(2003)020[0048:FWTWIO]2.0.CO;2

From Wetlands to Wastelands: Impacts of Shrimp Farming

Coralie Thornton, Mike Shanahan, Juliette Williams

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION, 5 St. Peter's Street, London N1 8JD, UK (www.ejfoundation.org;info@ejfoundation.org)

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The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) is an international non-governmental organisation. EJF continues to investigate the social and environmental impacts of shrimp production, and is campaigning for fundamental change in the way shrimp are produced. More information about EJF's work and pdf versions of their reports can be found at www.ejfoundation.org.

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