A Constituição Brasileira, no seu artigo 225, declara que "todos têm direito ao meio ambiente ecologicamente equilibrado, bem de uso comum do povo e essencial à sadia qualidade de vida, impondo-se ao Poder Público e à coletividade o dever de defendê-lo e...
A faster and more cost-effective way to reduce deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon would be the immediate allocation of ca. 70 million hectares of still undesignated public forestlands to conservation and social use.
O artigo analisa como uma organização indígena pluritétnica (a Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica – COICA) atua nas negociações internacionais do clima e faz-se ouvir em espaços políticos regidos por regras e lógicas não-indígenas, nos quais observam-se limitações significativas para o estabelecimento de um diálogo interétnico efetivo.
In order to test and develop methods, the study evaluates the effect of a land-use policy known as the rural environmental registry (CAR) on the reduction of deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest.
The concept of habitat and spatial extent are key features in landscape ecology. A non-precise definition of habitat and the wrong choice of the scale can affect model outcomes and our understanding about population conservation status. We proposed a framework and...
Tree mortality rates appear to be increasing in moist tropical forests (MTFs) with significant carbon cycle consequences. Here, we review the state of knowledge regarding MTF tree mortality, create a conceptual framework with testable hypotheses regarding the...
Tree mortality rates appear to be increasing in moist tropical forests (MTFs) with significant carbon cycle consequences.