Emerging Threats and Opportunities for Large-Scale Ecological Restoration in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 154-158

  Calmon, Miguel ^a   Brancalion, Pedro H S ^b   Paese, Adriana ^c   Aronson, James ^d,e   Castro, Pedro ^f   da Silva, Sabrina C ^a   Rodrigues, Ricardo R ^b  

^a Instituto BioAtlântica IBIO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAPÁ   (Brazil)

^d CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^e MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^f Reserva da Biosfera da Mata Atlântica ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian Forest Act; Ecosystem services; Environmental policy; High diversity reforestation; Large scale restoration; Natural capital; Tropical forest restoration

Indexed keywords

BIOME; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NATURAL CAPITAL; NATURE CONSERVATION; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

EID: 79952236579     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2011.00772.x     Document Type: Article

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