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  1. School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia

    Jonathan Kingsley

  2. Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia

    Jonathan Kingsley

  3. Office for Environmental Programs, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia

    Sebastian Thomas

  4. School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia

    Sebastian Thomas

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Kingsley, J., Thomas, S. Ecosystem Approaches to Community Health and Wellbeing: Towards an Integrated Australian Governance Framework in Response to Global Environmental Change. EcoHealth 14, 210–213 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-016-1193-x

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