Integrating plant‐ and animal‐based perspectives for more effective restoration of biodiversity
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Integrating plant- and animal- based perspectives for more effective restoration of biodiversity
www.frontiersinecology.org C rates of extinction are 100–1000 times greater than in prehuman times (IUCN 2007 ). These elevated rates are being driven primarily by the conversion and degradation of native ecosystems by human activities. In response, the 2012 United Nations (UN) Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development set the goal of restoring 150 million ha of disturbed and degraded land b...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1540-9295,1540-9309
DOI: 10.1002/16-0108.1