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Environmental challenges for the Belt and Road Initiative

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  • Fernando Ascensão

    (Universidade do Porto
    Universidade de Lisboa
    Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC))

  • Lenore Fahrig

    (Carleton University)

  • Anthony P. Clevenger

    (Montana State University)

  • Richard T. Corlett

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Jochen A. G. Jaeger

    (Concordia University Montreal)

  • William F. Laurance

    (James Cook University)

  • Henrique M. Pereira

    (Universidade do Porto
    Universidade de Lisboa
    Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)

Abstract

The Belt and Road Initiative will greatly influence the future of global trade. However, it may also promote permanent environmental degradation. We call for rigorous strategic environmental and social assessments, raising the bar for environmental protection worldwide.

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  • Fernando Ascensão & Lenore Fahrig & Anthony P. Clevenger & Richard T. Corlett & Jochen A. G. Jaeger & William F. Laurance & Henrique M. Pereira, 2018. "Environmental challenges for the Belt and Road Initiative," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 1(5), pages 206-209, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natsus:v:1:y:2018:i:5:d:10.1038_s41893-018-0059-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41893-018-0059-3
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