On the need of legal frameworks for assessing restoration projects success: New perspectives from São Paulo state (Brazil)

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 754-759

  Chaves, Rafael B ^a   Durigan, Giselda ^b   Brancalion, Pedro H S ^c   Aronson, James ^d,e  

^a Centro de Restauração Ecológica   (Brazil)

^b Forestry Institute of the State of São Paulo   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^e MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Ecological indicators; Ecological restoration monitoring; Evidence based practice; Restoration success; Science policy interface

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; LEGISLATION; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TARGETING;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

EID: 84945484618     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12267     Document Type: Article

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