Emerging Threats and Opportunities for Large‐Scale Ecological Restoration in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil

Calmon, Miguel; H. S. Brancalion, Pedro; Paese, Adriana; Aronson, James; Castro, Pedro; C. da Silva, Sabrina; Ribeiro Rodrigues, Ricardo

doi:10.1111/j.1526-100x.2011.00772.x

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Emerging Threats and Opportunities for Large‐Scale Ecological Restoration in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil

Published in Restoration Ecology • Mar 1, 2011

Authors:

Miguel Calmon

Pedro H. S. Brancalion

Adriana Paese

Abstract

Over the past 150 years, Brazil has played a pioneering role in developing environmental policies and pursuing forest conservation and ecological restoration of degraded ecosystems. In particular, the Brazilian Forest Act, first drafted in 1934, has been fundamental in reducing deforestation and eng...

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Biome

Deforestation (computer science)

Forest restoration

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