Environmental challenges for the Belt and Road Initiative

被引:362
作者
Ascensao, Fernando [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Fahrig, Lenore [4 ]
Clevenger, Anthony P. [5 ]
Corlett, Richard T. [6 ]
Jaeger, Jochen A. G. [7 ]
Laurance, William F. [8 ]
Pereira, Henrique M. [1 ,2 ,9 ]
机构
[1] Univ Porto, Catedra Infraestruturas Portugal Biodiversidade, Ctr Invest Biodiversidade & Recursos Genet, CIBIO InBio, Vairao, Portugal
[2] Univ Lisbon, Inst Super Agron, Ctr Ecol Aplicada Prof Baeta Neves, CEABN InBio, Lisbon, Portugal
[3] Estn Biol Donana EBD CSIC, Dept Conservat Biol, Seville, Spain
[4] Carleton Univ, Dept Biol, Geomat & Landscape Ecol Lab, Ottawa, ON, Canada
[5] Montana State Univ, Western Transportat Inst, Bozeman, MT 59717 USA
[6] Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Integrat Conservat, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Menglun, Peoples R China
[7] Concordia Univ Montreal, Dept Geog Planning & Environm, Montreal, PQ, Canada
[8] James Cook Univ, Coll Sci & Engn, Ctr Trop Environm & Sustainabil Sci, Cairns, Qld, Australia
[9] Martin Luther Univ Halle Wittenberg, German Ctr Integrat Biodivers Res IDiv, Halle, Germany
关键词
SILK ROAD; CHINA; BIODIVERSITY; AFRICA; ASIA;
D O I
10.1038/s41893-018-0059-3
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
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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页码:206 / 209
页数:4
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