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Mining drives extensive deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Mining poses significant and potentially underestimated risks to tropical forests worldwide. In Brazil’s Amazon, mining drives deforestation far beyond operational lease boundaries, yet the full extent of these impacts is unknown and thus neglected in environmental licensing. Here we quantify mining...
Autores principales: | Sonter, Laura J., Herrera, Diego, Barrett, Damian J., Galford, Gillian L., Moran, Chris J., Soares-Filho, Britaldo S. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5647322/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29044104 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00557-w |
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