After almost five years, the Forest Code brought about important progress to land use regulation in rural estate properties. But there is an infinity of challenges ahead for Brazil to actually advance in the implementation of the Code.
Forest fragmentation, climate change and understory fire regimes on the Amazonian landscapes of the Xingu headwaters
Forest fragmentation, climate change and understory fire regimes on the Amazonian landscapes of the Xingu headwaters
Understory fire modeling is a key tool to investigate the cornerstone concept of landscape ecology, i.e. how ecological processes relate to landscape structure and dynamics. Within this context, we developed FISC—a model that simulates fire ignition and spread and...