Anticipated changes to environmental law may jeopardize Brazilian natural resources

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 65-66

  Ruaro, Renata ^a   Mormul, Roger Paulo ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

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Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; NATURAL RESOURCE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 85014385684     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fee.1461     Document Type: Article

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