Logging and tropical forest conservation

Science

Volumn 280, Issue 5371, 1998, Pages 1899-1900

  Bowles, Ian A ^a   Rice, R E ^a   Mittermeier, R A ^a   Da Fonseca, G A B ^b,c  

^a The Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science   (United States)

^b Conservation International Brazil ^*  (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TROPICS;

DEFORESTATION; FOREST CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

BIODIVERSITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FOREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TROPICS;

EID: 0032547081     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5371.1899     Document Type: Short Survey

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