The Indicar Estados project was created with a view to filling this information gap regarding the impacts of priority policies for the prevention and control of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. The initiative includes the creation of impact indicators for the priority actions undertaken by the State Plans for Prevention and Control of Deforestation of the states of Acre, Amazonas, Mato Grosso and Pará.
Solute and sediment export from Amazon forest and soybean headwater streams
Solute and sediment export from Amazon forest and soybean headwater streams
Intensive cropland agriculture commonly increases streamwater solute concentrations and export from small watersheds. In recent decades, the lowland tropics have become the world’s largest and most important region of cropland expansion. Although the effects of...