Unmute Biodiversity Risks of Free Trade? The EFTA-Mercosur Agreement (Swiss) Case Study

Overview

Journal Environ Sci Eur

Publisher Springer

Specialty Environmental Health

Date 2025 Feb 13

PMID 39944900

Authors

Remi Willemin

Cornelia B Krug

Nicolas Roux

Elisabeth Burgi Bonanomi

Marc Chesney

Benjamin Curnow

Sierra Deutsch

Maarten B Eppinga

Johanna Jacobi

Sofia J van Moorsel

Fanny Petibon

Leila Schuh

Gabi Sonderegger

Patrick O Waeber

Maria J Santos

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Abstract

Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12302-025-01063-3.

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