Ecological restoration of Xingu Basin headwaters: Motivations, engagement, challenges and perspectives

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1619, 2013, Pages

  Durigan, Giselda ^a   Guerin, Natalia ^b   da Costa, José Nicola Martorano Neves ^b  

^a Instituto Florestal   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Socioambiental   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon Forest; Direct seeding; Ecological filters; Innovation; Riparian forest restoration; Socio economic filters

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEFORESTATION; DIRECT DRILLING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; GLOBAL ECONOMY; HABITAT RESTORATION; HEADWATER; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INNOVATION; LAND USE CHANGE; PRIVATE LAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN FOREST; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; THRESHOLD;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; XINGU BASIN;

AGRICULTURE; BRAZIL; CEREAL; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MOTIVATION; POACEAE; POLITICS; PROCEDURES; RIVER; SEEDLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREE; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; BRAZIL; CEREALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; POACEAE; POLITICS; RIVERS; SEEDLING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREES; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84891449773     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0165     Document Type: Article

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