Silent loss: Misapplication of an environmental law compromises conservation in a Brazilian biodiversity hotspot
We examine scientific evidence underpinning the application of the Atlantic Forest Act (AFA) to licensing and compensation in campo rupestre, a megadiverse grassland strongly affected by mining but lacking specific legislation. We found no empirical support to the assumptions of the current legislat...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-04-01
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| Series: | Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064418301822 |