Fogo no Cerrado em 2024: retrato de janeiro a setembro
O bioma Cerrado é de extrema importância ecológica e econômica, desempenhando um papel crucial na regulação hídrica (Sawyer et al. 2017), alimentando as principais bacias hidrográficas do país, além de ser a savana tropical com maior biodiversidade do mundo (Myers...
Multiple pathways of commodity crop expansion in tropical forest landscapes
Commodity crop expansion, for both global and domestic urban markets, follows multiple land change pathways entailing direct and indirect deforestation, and results in various social and environmental impacts. Here we compare six published case studies of rapid...
Forest Understory Fuel Loads, Paragominas, Para, Brazil: 2001
This data set contains estimates of understory fuel loads (forest litter) at six locations near Paragominas in Northeastern Amazonia. Samples were collected from three different forest conditions: primary forest, logged forest, and burned forest. Volumes and...
Slowing Amazon deforestation through public policy and interventions in beef and soy supply chains
The recent 70% decline in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon suggests that it is possible to manage the advance of a vast agricultural frontier. Enforcement of laws, interventions in soy and beef supply chains, restrictions on access to credit, and expansion of...
Amazônia em Pauta 3: Rural Environment Registry (CAR) and its influence on the dynamics of deforestation in the Legal Amazon
On May 25th, 2012, after almost two years of discussions in Congress, a new version of the Brazilian Forest Code was approved (Law 12.651/2012). The new law reaffirmed important norms for forest conservation in all the Brazilian biomes. It also established...
Amazônia em Pauta 3: Cadastro Ambiental Rural e sua influência na dinâmica do desmatamento na Amazônia Legal
A terceira edição do boletim Amazônia em Pauta analisa como a dinâmica de desmatamento nos Estados de Mato Grosso e Pará, entre os anos 2008 e 2012, foi afetada pela implementação do Cadastro Ambiental Rural (CAR).
InfoPAS 3: 2014 – Ano Internacional da Agricultura Familiar
InfoPAS - Número 3 - Ano 2 - Informativo do Projeto Assentamentos Sustentáveis na Amazônia (PAS). Brasília. 2013.