Brazil's Soy Moratorium: Supply-chain governance is needed to avoid deforestation

Science

Volumn 347, Issue 6220, 2015, Pages 377-378

  Gibbs, H K ^a   Rausch, L ^a   Munger, J ^a   Schelly, I ^a   Morton, D C ^b   Noojipady, P ^c,d   Soares Filho, B ^e   Barreto, P ^f   Micol, L ^g   Walker, N F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d National Wildlife Federation   (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^f IMAZON (Amazon Institute of People and the Environment)   (Brazil)

^g Instituto Centro de Vida   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEGAL SYSTEM;

BRAZIL; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT; LAW; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; SHORT SURVEY; SOYBEAN; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; VEGETATION; AGRICULTURE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE;

BRAZIL;

AGRICULTURE; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; SOYBEANS;

EID: 84921717735     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa0181     Document Type: Short Survey

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