Estão em curso duas iniciativas nefastas que ameaçam os direitos humanos e, ao mesmo tempo, o equilíbrio climático do país. A combinação recente do Projeto de Lei 490/2007 (PL 490), atualmente em apreciação no Senado Federal (encaminhado com o número PL 2903/2023),...
A large proportion of recent Brazilian Amazon deforestation is occurring on untitled public forestlands through land grabbing. This emerging risk demands long-term conservation strategies. Here we propose prioritizing land tenure security, technological...
Inequalities in benefits from ecosystem services (ES) challenge the achievement of sustainability goals, because they increase the vulnerability of socio-ecological systems to climate hazards. Yet the unequal effects of changes in ES, and of climate change more...
Land-use change (LUC) accounted for approximately 66% of CO2 emissions in Brazil in 2020, with significant implications for carbon footprint of Brazilian agricultural products. Accurate LUC estimates associated with agriculture are critical to carbon footprint (CF)...
Rising competition for crop usage presents policy challenges exacerbated by poor understanding of where crops are harvested for various uses. Here we create high-resolution global maps showing where crops are harvested for seven broad use categories—food, feed,...
Nossa análise mostra que apenas 1,3% dos alertas de desmatamento na Amazônia brasileira publicados pelo MapBiomas Alerta correspondem aos autos de infração e/ou embargos do IBAMA.
Our results reveal an extremely low number (1.3%) of enforcement actions in deforested areas, warning that impunity can undermine the expected dissuasive effect against environmental crime in Amazon.