Naming and shaming for conservation: Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Cisneros, Elías ^a   Zhou, Sophie Lian ^b   Börner, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; REGISTRATION; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST;

BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS;

EID: 84946934917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136402     Document Type: Article

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