Systemic Conservation, REDD, and the Future of the Amazon Basin

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1113-1116

  Nepstad, Daniel C ^a   Mcgrath, David G ^a,b   Soares Filho, Britaldo ^a,c  

^a Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; NOTE; TREE;

BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DROUGHTS; FIRES; TREES;

EID: 80955137962     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01784.x     Document Type: Note

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