Biodiversity and anthropic risks in the northeast of Brazil

Authors

  • Antonio Alberto Jorge Farias Castro Coordenador Geral do Núcleo de Referência em Ciências Ambientais do Trópico Ecotonal do Nordeste

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-7723_10_3

Keywords:

Biodiversity, drought, deforestation, fire, desertification, Northeast of Brazil.

Abstract

The article introduces the premise that biodiversity represents one of the most important bases of the cultural, social, and economical development of the human species and that its losses are also associated to the natural (drought) and anthropical risks (deforestation, fire and desertification) in the Northeast of Brazil.

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Published

2003-09-13

Issue

No. 10 (2003)

Section

Articles

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