Why Brazil needs its Legal Reserves

Why Brazil needs its Legal Reserves

Brazil's environmental legislation obliges private properties to retain a fixed proportion of their total area with native vegetation, the so-called “Legal Reserves”. Those areas represent practically one third of the country's native vegetation and are well known for their role in biodive...

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Main Authors: Jean Paul Metzger, Mercedes M.C. Bustamante, Joice Ferreira, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Felipe Librán-Embid, Valério D. Pillar, Paula R. Prist, Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues, Ima Célia G. Vieira, Gerhard E. Overbeck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-07-01
Series:Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
Subjects:
Natural vegetation
Native Vegetation Protection Law
Nature-based solution
Sustainability
Ecosystem services
Biodiversity
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S253006441930118X

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