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Biodiversity conservation should be a core value of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

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Fig. 1: Location of BRI’s terrestrial and marine routes21.

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  1. School of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Jalan Broga, 43500, Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia

    Alex Mark Lechner & Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz

  2. Mindset Interdisciplinary Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Jalan Broga, 43500, Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia

    Alex Mark Lechner & Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz

  3. School of Geographical Science, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, 315100, China

    Faith Ka Shun Chan

  4. Institute of Asia Pacific Studies (IAPS), Belt and Road Initiative Research Priorities Area, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, 315100, China

    Faith Ka Shun Chan

  5. School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

    Faith Ka Shun Chan

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Lechner, A.M., Chan, F.K.S. & Campos-Arceiz, A. Biodiversity conservation should be a core value of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Nat Ecol Evol 2, 408–409 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0452-8

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