Artigo opinativo do jornal Valor Econômico, em que Daniel Nepstad, co-fundador do IPAM, escreve sobre a importância de mecanismos de compensação para a conservação ambiental.
JORNAL VALOR ECONÔMICO – NEPSTAD, DANIEL. Compensando pela conservação da Amazônica. Brasília/DF. 23 de Julho de 2008.
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