Strategic actions to value, conserve, and restore the natural capital of megadi versity countries: The case of Mexico

BioScience

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 164-173

  Sarukhan, Jose ^a   Urquiza Haas, Tania ^b   Koleff, Patricia ^b   Carabias, Julia ^c   Dirzo, Rodolfo ^d   Ezcurra, Exequiel ^e   Cerdeira Estrada, Sergio ^b   Soberon, Jorge ^f  

^a CONABIO   (Mexico)

^b CONABIO ^*  (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

conservation instruments; Ecosystem assessment; environmental stewardship; science policy gaps; sustainable resource use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922507846     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biu195     Document Type: Review

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