Global demand for gold is another threat for tropical forests

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Alvarez Berrios, Nora L ^a   Mitchell Aide, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

deforestation; global economic crisis; gold mining; land use; protected areas; subsoil

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOLD MINES; LAND USE; SOILS; TROPICS;

COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS; GOLD MINING; INCREMENTAL CHANGES; PROTECTED AREAS; SUBSOIL; TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS; TROPICAL MOIST FOREST;

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY;

DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GOLD MINE; MODIS; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION INDEX; WORLD WIDE WEB;

DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LAND USE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOIL;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84921668396     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/1/014006     Document Type: Article

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