Football and Biodiversity Conservation: FIFA and Brazil Can Still Hit a Green Goal

Biotropica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 257-259

  Melo, Felipe P ^a   Siqueira, José A ^b   Santos, Bráulio A ^c   Álvares da Silva, Orione ^d   Ceballos, Gerardo ^e   Bernard, Enrico ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO VALE DO SÃO FRANCISCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^d Floresta Nacional da Restinga de Cabedelo ICMBio MMA   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Armadillo; Caatinga; Environmental policy; Legacy; Soccer; Sports events

Indexed keywords

ARMADILLO;

EID: 84899958863     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12114     Document Type: Note

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