Degradation by coal mining should be priority in restoration planning

In the southern part of the Atlantic Forest region, in Santa Catarina, Brazil, coal mining has led to severe degradation, with former mining areas abandoned decades ago without any concern about environmental and social damage. Up to recently, little restoration activity had been developed, despite...

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Main Authors: Edilane Rocha-Nicoleite, Gerhard Ernst Overbeck, Sandra Cristina Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-07-01
Series:Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1679007316301037