Chronicle of a foretold conflict: Three coal-fired power plants in a biodiversity hotspot of global significance;Crónica de un conflicto anunciado: Tres centrales termoeléctricas a carbón en un hotspot de biodiversidad de importancia mundial

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-180

  Cárcamo, P Francisco ^a,b,c   Cortés, Maritza ^a   Ortega, Lorena ^a   Squeo, Francisco A ^b,d,e   Gaymer, Carlos F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO DE FOMENTO PESQUERO   (Chile)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^e INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

Author keywords

Coal fired power plants; Conservation; Marine reserves; Marine spatial planning; Social conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052998735     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: 07176317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-078X2011000200003     Document Type: Article

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