Throughout human history, the world’s great forest formations have yielded to logging, cattle ranching, and agricultural expansion after transportation corridors made them accessible to frontier settlers. The Brazilian Amazon could prove to be an exception to this historical trend, however. Recent advances in Brazil’s environmental management could potentially preserve most Amazonian forests while fostering economic development, as demonstrated by the Cuiabá -Santarém highway, soon to be paved.
Daniel Nepstad, David McCrath, Ane Alencar, Ana Cristina Barros, Georgia Carvalho, Marcio Santilli, Maria Del Carmen Vera Diaz
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<!--:pt-->Código Florestal e a Ciência: o que nossos legisladores ainda precisam saber<!--:-->
Código Florestal e a Ciência: o que nossos legisladores ainda precisam saber
Nessa publicação foram organizados os resumos executivos de nove estudos técnicos e científicos sobre algumas das implicações do projeto de lei de Código Florestal. Mais de 54 pesquisadores e cientistas de alto nível em diversas áreas do conhecimento participaram dos estudos completos, cujos resumos estão aqui apresentados.