Offsetting the impacts of mining to achieve no net loss of native vegetation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1068-1076

  Sonter, L J ^a   Barrett, D J ^a,b   Soares Filho, B S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Additionality; Averted loss; Avoided deforestation; Biodiversity; Compensation; Conservation offsets; Dinamica EGO; Iron quadrangle; Multiplier; Quadril tero ferr fero

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION STUDY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MINING; PROCEDURES;

BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MINING;

EID: 84904747019     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12260     Document Type: Article

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