Past and current policy issues concerning tropical deforestation in Brazil [PDF]
This paper discusses past and current policies concerning tropical deforestation in Brazil. In the last few years, the Brazilian government has reviewed and changed many aspects of past policies that encouraged deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon ...
Motta, Ronaldo Serôa da
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Reducing the deforestation of the Amazon through farming system intensification [PDF]
, 2008 The Amazon has become the last Far West of the planet. Today, the attention is focused on some sectors in which the region plays a major role: the mineral richness of the soil - especially hydro fuels - biodiversity, climate change and the coca ...
Bommel, Pierre +5 more
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Off-nadir antenna bias correction using Amazon rain sigma(0) data [PDF]
The radar response from the Amazon rain forest was studied to determine the suitability of this region for use as a standard target to calibrate a scatterometer like that proposed for the National Oceanic Satellite System (NOSS).
Berthold, G. +4 more
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A complete checklist with new records and geographical distribution of the rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of Brazil [PDF]
, 2013 This paper presents the first comprehensive list of 2,688 species of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) recorded from Brazil. The list is based on the taxonomic and ecological literature, and new records from some insect collections, and includes locality ...
Asenjo, Angélico +4 more
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Forest carbon emissions from cropland expansion in the Brazilian Cerrado biome
Environmental Research Letters, 2017 Land use, land use change, and forestry accounted for two-thirds of Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions profile in 2005. Amazon deforestation has declined by more than 80% over the past decade, yet Brazil’s forests extend beyond the Amazon biome.
Praveen Noojipady +6 more
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Off-nadir antenna bias correction using Amazon rain forest sigma deg data [PDF]
The radar response from the Amazon rain forest was studied to determine the suitability of this region for use as a standard target to calibrate a scatterometer like that proposed for the National Ocean Satellite System (NOSS).
Berthold, G. +5 more
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Distribution of Amazon Forest Birds
, 1978 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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The Effect of Malaria on Settlement and Land Use: Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon [PDF]
We estimate the effect of malaria on settlement and land use patterns in the Brazilian Amazon, where potential settlers were randomly assigned to plots in a newly opened settlement area.
David Canning +2 more
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Modeling early warning signs of possible Amazon Forest dieback. [PDF]
Sci Adv, 2023 Spracklen DV, Coelho CAS.
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Degradation and deforestation increase the sensitivity of the Amazon Forest to climate extremes
Environmental Research LettersAbout 40% of the Brazilian Amazon has been deforested or suffered changes in forest structure through degradation (selective logging, fires, and fragmentation). The impact of forest degradation on the forest’s sensitivity to climate extremes has not been
Marcos Longo +19 more
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