Legal Protection of Natural World Heritage in the United States
- Authors: Kolobov R.Y1
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Affiliations:
- A. E. Favorsky Irkutsk Institute of Chemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: No 10 (670) (2025)
- Pages: 111-122
- Section: State and law
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2686-6730/article/view/351593
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S2686673025100095
- ID: 351593
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R. Y Kolobov
A. E. Favorsky Irkutsk Institute of Chemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: roman.kolobov@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1488-7530
ResearcherId: H-4644-2016
Researcher Irkutsk, Russian Federation
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