The future of tropical forests depends on their ability to resist and recover from multiple disturbances. Here, we evaluated how edge effects, experimental fires, extreme droughts, and blowdowns reshaped forest structure, composition, and functional traits over two...
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,...
A partir de coletas de animais em lagos de meandro do Rio Purus, no município de Boca do Acre, pesquisadores do IPAM (Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia), da UFAC (Universidade Federal do Acre) e do Instituto Boitatá buscam compreender melhor os fatores...
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.
O documento-síntese do Zoneamento Ecológico-Econômico do Acre – Fase III foi cuidadosamente preparado para apresentar, de forma única, subsídio à gestão territorial e ambiental para nosso estado. Para tanto, buscou-se revisar, atualizar e incorporar temáticas que...
Brazil’s leadership in soybean and maize production depends on predictable rainfall in the Amazon-Cerrado agricultural frontier. Here we assess whether agricultural expansion and intensification in the region are approaching a climatic limit to rainfed production....