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Hold big business to task on ecosystem restoration: Corporate reporting must embrace holistic principles from restoration science

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Hold big business to task on ecosystem restoration: Corporate reporting must embrace holistic principles from restoration science. / Lamont, Timothy; Barlow, Jos; Bebbington, Jan et al.
In: Science, Vol. 381, No. 6662, 07.09.2023, p. 1053-1055.

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Lamont, T, Barlow, J, Bebbington, J, Cuckston, T, Djohani, R, Garrett, R, Jones, H, Razak, TB & Graham, N 2023, 'Hold big business to task on ecosystem restoration: Corporate reporting must embrace holistic principles from restoration science', Science, vol. 381, no. 6662, pp. 1053-1055. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adh2610

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Lamont, T., Barlow, J., Bebbington, J., Cuckston, T., Djohani, R., Garrett, R., Jones, H., Razak, T. B., & Graham, N. (2023). Hold big business to task on ecosystem restoration: Corporate reporting must embrace holistic principles from restoration science. Science, 381(6662), 1053-1055. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adh2610

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Lamont T, Barlow J, Bebbington J, Cuckston T, Djohani R, Garrett R et al. Hold big business to task on ecosystem restoration: Corporate reporting must embrace holistic principles from restoration science. Science. 2023 Sept 7;381(6662):1053-1055. doi: 10.1126/science.adh2610

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Lamont, Timothy ; Barlow, Jos ; Bebbington, Jan et al. / Hold big business to task on ecosystem restoration : Corporate reporting must embrace holistic principles from restoration science. In: Science. 2023 ; Vol. 381, No. 6662. pp. 1053-1055.

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