Extracting environmental benefits from a new canal in nicaragua: Lessons from panama

PLoS Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Condit, Richard ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGY; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD; NICARAGUA CANAL; PANAMA; SOCIAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; ECONOMICS; FOREST; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; NICARAGUA;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTS; HYDROLOGY; INTERNATIONALITY; NICARAGUA; PANAMA; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84938723472     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002208     Document Type: Article

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