Documento apresenta contribuições para o Relatório da Comissão de Meio Ambiente do Senado Federal sobre a reforma do Código Florestal brasileiro.
Deforestation offsets water balance changes due to climate variability in the Xingu River in eastern Amazonia
Deforestation offsets water balance changes due to climate variability in the Xingu River in eastern Amazonia
Deforestation reduced forest cover in Brazil’s Xingu River Basin (XB; area: 510,000 km2) from 90% of the basin in the 1970s to 75% in the 2000s. Such large-scale land cover changes can substantially alter regional water budgets, but their influence can be difficult...