Infrastructure and conservation policy in Brazil

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 740-746

  Reid, John ^a   De Sousa Jr , Wilson Cabral ^b  

^a Conservation Strategy Fund ^*  (United States)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20044364247     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00699.x     Document Type: Review

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