A quarter of the deforested Amazon has regrown as secondary tropical forest and yet the climatic importance of these complex regenerating landscapes is only beginning to be recognised. Advances in satellite remote-sensing have transformed our ability to detect and...
A região Amazônica tem um histórico de caos no que se refere à sua situação fundiária. As ocupações ilegais e os conflitos pela terra são comuns em várias áreas onde é difícil a definição da delimitação das áreas e legitimação dos direitos de...
A crescente população mundial e o consequente aumento do poder de compra das classes emergentes tem colocado pressão sobre a produção agropecuária atual e sua capacidade de suprir a demanda. O Brasil tem o potencial aliviar esse crescimento na demanda de alimentos,...
In recent decades, global society has paid growing attention to tropical deforestation as it contributes significantly to global warming. One promising way of addressing the issue is to create economic incentives to protect forests. In this study, we estimate the...
Tractor-trailer truckslin e up along a red and muddy earthen road. Large vinyl tarpaulins secured by ropes cover the open-topped hoppers of each one. Truck drivers hang out and prepare simple meals using stoves and kitchen utensils contained in a compact box built...
Tractor-trailer truckslin e up along a red and muddy earthen road. Large vinyl tarpaulins secured by ropes cover the open-topped hoppers of each one. Truck drivers hang out and prepare simple meals using stoves and kitchen utensils contained in a compact box built...
The Brazilian savanna (known as Cerrado) is an upland biome made up of various vegetation types from herbaceous to arboreal. In this paper, MODIS remote sensing vegetation greenness from the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) and evapotranspiration (ET) data for the...