Forests and floods

William F. Laurance
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William F. Laurance: William F. Laurance is at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancón, Panama. laurancew@si.edu

Nature, 2007, vol. 449, issue 7161, 409-410

Abstract: One strategy for reducing catastrophic floods invokes protecting or regenerating forests that lie upstream of a threatened region. Support for this approach comes from a global-scale analysis of flood risk.

Date: 2007
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