The Native Vegetation Protection Law of Brazil and the challenge for first-order stream conservation

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 49-53

  Taniwaki, Ricardo H ^a,e   Forte, Yuri A ^a   Silva, Gabriela O ^b   Brancalion, Pedro H S ^a   Cogueto, Caroline V ^c   Filoso, Solange ^d   Ferraz, Silvio F B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c Secretaria de Meio Ambiente do Estado de São Paulo ^*  (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^e PAULISTA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Environmental Rural Registry; Ephemeral streams; Forest Code; Intermittent streams; Restoration planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045440863     PISSN: 25300644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pecon.2017.08.007     Document Type: Article

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