O Programa Bolsa Verde (PBV) surgiu em 2011 como uma das estratégias para aumentar a renda das famílias em estado de extrema pobreza vivendo em áreas de alta relevância para a conservação. Nos seus quase sete anos de existência, esse programa atingiu cerca de 47,4...
Droughts can exert a strong influence on the regional energy balance of the Amazon and Cerrado, as can the replacement of native vegetation by croplands. What remains unclear is how these two forcing factors interact and whether land cover changes fundamentally...
Understory fires represent an accelerating threat to Amazonian tropical forests and can, during drought, affect larger areas than deforestation itself. These fires kill trees at rates varying from < 10 to c. 90% depending on fire intensity, forest disturbance...
O Cerrado é o segundo maior bioma sul-americano e a savana mais rica e ameaçada do mundo. Caracterizado por um mosaico de formações vegetais naturais (florestas, savanas e campos) com influência da sazonalidade climática, a classificação desse bioma por imagens de...
Aims Different plant functional groups display diverging responses to the same environmental gradients. Here, we assess the effects of environmental and spatial predictors on species turnover of three functional groups of Brazilian savannas (Cerrado) plants—trees,...
Although tropical forest fires are naturally rare, they have become more frequent and intense in response to recent changes in land use and climate. This shift in fire regime may drive widespread forest degradation in Amazonia, with important consequences not only...
Tropical dry forests and savannas harbour unique biodiversity and provide critical ES, yet they are under severe pressure globally. We need to improve our understanding of how and when this pressure provokes tipping points in biodiversity and the associated...