The Amazon basin contains the largest continuous area of tropical rainforests in the world, and has a crucial role in regulating Earth’s climate1. Rates of tropical-rainforest deforestation and the impacts of fire and drought there are well established2,3. Less is known, however, about how these factors might interact to affect biodiversity, and about the role that forest policy and its enforcement have had over time. Writing in Nature, Feng et al.4 address these issues.
Why ignore tropical deforestation? A proposal for including forest conservation in the Kyoto Protocol
Why ignore tropical deforestation? A proposal for including forest conservation in the Kyoto Protocol
O artigo "Por que ignorar o desmatamento de Florestas Tropicais? Uma proposta para inclusão da conservação florestal no Protocolo de Quioto" apresenta o ponto de vista de profissionais da área sobre a conservação das florestas tropicais. O documento está em inglês.