A Amazônia brasileira é severamente impactada por eventos climáticos extremos, com 1,8 milhão de pessoas (6,4% da população da Amazônia brasileira) afetadas por desastres relacionados ao clima a cada ano entre 2018 e 2022. No entanto, como os desastres climáticos...
Climate change and rapidly escalating global demand for food, fuel, fibre and feed present seemingly contradictory challenges to humanity. Can greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from land-use, more than one-fourth of the global total, decline as growth in land-based...
Land-use regulations are a critical component of forest governance and conservation strategies, but their effectiveness in shaping landholder behaviour is poorly understood. We conducted a spatial and temporal analysis of the Brazilian Forest Code (BFC) to...
Large-scale cattle and crop production are the primary drivers of deforestation in the Amazon today. Such land-use changes can degrade stream ecosystems by reducing connectivity, changing light and nutrient inputs, and altering the quantity and quality of...
Anthropogenic understorey fires affect large areas of tropical forest, yet their effects on woody plant regeneration post-fire remain poorly understood. We examined the effects of repeated experimental fires on woody stem (less than 1 cm at base) mortality,...
The papers in this special issue address a major challenge facing our society: feeding a population that is simultaneously growing and increasing its per capita food consumption, while preventing widespread ecological and social impoverishment in the tropics. By...
O Sistema de Licenciamento Ambiental de Propriedades Rurais (SLAPR) foi implantado no estado do Mato Grosso, no ano de 2000, num processo de descentralização da política florestal para os estados. O principal objetivo do SLAPR era a redução dos desmatamentos...