Reconciling rural development and ecological restoration: Strategies and policy recommendations for the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Land Use Policy

Volumn 60, Issue , 2017, Pages 419-426

  Alves Pinto, Helena N ^a,b,d   Latawiec, Agnieszka E ^a,c,d,g   Strassburg, Bernardo B N ^a,b,d   Barros, Felipe S M ^a,d   Sansevero, Jerônimo B B ^a,e   Iribarrem, Alvaro ^a,d,f   Crouzeilles, Renato ^a,d   Lemgruber, Luisa ^a,d   Rangel, Marcio C ^a   Silva, Augusto C P ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABILITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cattle ranching; Land sparing; Land use policies; Restoration; Sustainable intensification

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND USE CHANGE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

BOS;

EID: 84995503361     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.08.004     Document Type: Article

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