Uncertainties in assessing the extent and legal compliance status of riparian forests in the eastern Brazilian Amazon

Land Use Policy

Volumn 82, Issue , 2019, Pages 37-47

  Nunes, Sâmia ^a,b   Barlow, Jos ^a   Gardner, Toby ^c   Sales, Márcio ^d   Monteiro, Dyeden ^e   Souza, Carlos ^b,e  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMAZON (Amazon Institute of People and the Environment)   (Brazil)

^c STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Residencial Parquelândia   (Brazil)

^e Terras App Solutions   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian environmental law; Coarse resolution imagery; Fine resolution imagery; Forest restoration; Permanent preservation areas; Riparian forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPLIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; PROTECTED AREA; RIPARIAN FOREST; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL];

EID: 85057531343     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.11.051     Document Type: Article

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