O Observatório do Código Florestal, rede de entidades que visa a acompanhar a implementação da nova lei ambiental, completa dois anos em maio de 2015 e presta contas do que foi feito neste período.
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...