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A legal framework with scientific basis for applying the ‘polluter pays principle’ to soil conservation in rural watersheds in Brazil

Carlos Alberto Valera, Teresa Cristina Tarlé Pissarra, Marcílio Vieira Martins Filho, Renato Farias do Valle, Luís Filipe Sanches Fernandes, Fernando António Leal Pacheco

Land Use Policy · 2017 · 58 citations · 39 references

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Rural WatershedsEnvironmental GovernancePublic PolicyLegal FrameworkEnvironmental LawBiodiversity LawLand UseScientific BasisNatural Resource ManagementLand ManagementLawSoil ConservationSocial SciencesSustainable Land-use ManagementEnvironmental PlanningEnvironmental Policy

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EROSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF STREAMS AND THEIR DRAINAGE BASINS; HYDROPHYSICAL APPROACH TO QUANTITATIVE MORPHOLOGY

Robert Horton · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1945 · 6.1K citations · Full text

Engineering, Geomorphology, Gsa Bulletin 1945 +16

HYPSOMETRIC (AREA-ALTITUDE) ANALYSIS OF EROSIONAL TOPOGRAPHY

Arthur N. Strahler · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1952 · 3.5K citations

Engineering, Geomorphology, Earth Science +16

Environmental and Economic Costs of Soil Erosion and Conservation Benefits

David Pimentel, Célia A. Harvey, K.B. Sinclair et al. · Science · 1995 · 2.8K citations

Soil Erosion, Productive Capacity, Environmental Impacts +15

Rainfall energy and its relationship to soil loss

W. H. Wischmeier, Dwight D. Smith · Transactions American Geophysical Union · 1958 · 1.2K citations

Hydrometeorology, Meteorology, Surface Runoff +15

Global desertification: Drivers and feedbacks

Paolo D’Odorico, Abinash Bhattachan, Kyle Frankel Davis et al. · Advances in Water Resources · 2012 · 954 citations

Engineering, Desertification, Land Use +9