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Cerrado Conservation is Essential to Protect the Amazon Rainforest [PDF]

open access: yesAMBIO, 2010
Despite widespread deforestation the forests of Amazonia still cover more than 5 million km2 and may host up to a quarter of the world’s terrestrial species (Dirzo and Raven 2003)—many of which are still undocumented. Conservation of these forests is important, not just for the biodiversity they contain, but also for the vital ecosystem services they ...
Ana Cláudia Mendes, Malhado   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Biochar at the Core of Nature‐Based Carbon Management: A Comparative Review Bridging Environmental Sustainability and Economic Feasibility

open access: yesEnergy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
This article reviews and compares four main nature‐based carbon management approaches, including forest and grassland restoration, wetland and blue‐carbon ecosystems, urban green spaces, and regenerative agriculture. Its goal is to evaluate the hypothesis that biochar‐based regenerative agriculture represents the most sustainable and practical pathway ...
Negin Mirzaei   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Growing knowledge: an overview of Seed Plant diversity in Brazil

open access: yesRodriguésia
An updated inventory of Brazilian seed plants is presented and offers important insights into the country's biodiversity. This work started in 2010, with the publication of the Plants and Fungi Catalogue, and has been updated since by more than 430 ...
Daniela C. Zappi   +436 more
doaj   +1 more source

Method for Lignin Analysis in Wood by Fluorescence Microscopy

open access: yesMicroscopy Research and Technique, EarlyView.
Autofluorescence in extractive‐free wood slides is a promising approach for investigating the relationship between fluorescence intensity and lignin content, particularly when combined with automated photomicrograph analysis using ImageJ. ABSTRACT Native Amazonian species present high anatomical variation which is reflected in their lignin content ...
Josy Tainara Silva Silva   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Amazon rainforest, people and biodiversity

open access: yesRCMOS - Revista Científica Multidisciplinar O Saber
This study aims to verify the reality of the riverside community in the Amazon rainforest, as well as to characterizethe scientifi c production on the populations of the waters in Brazilian territory; Characterize the profi leof families residing in the ...
Elizarégia Reis de Castro
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Portulaca eggliana (Portulacaceae), a new species from the Brazilian Amazonian savannas

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
A new species of Portulacaceae from the Amazonian savannas of northern Brazil is herein described and illustrated. Portulaca eggliana is morphologically related to P. umbraticola, but differs in the number of involucral leaves, sepal morphology, bracteole shape, and seed surface.
José Roberto Ferraz   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Composition and Host-Use Patterns of a Scarab Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Community Inhabiting the Canopy of a Lowland Tropical Rainforest in Southern Venezuela [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The adult scarab beetle fauna of the canopy in a lowland tropical rainforest in southern Venezuela was observed and collected by means of a 42 m-tall tower crane for a complete year.
Kirmse, Susan, Ratcliffe, Brett C.
core   +2 more sources

Forest Change Detection in the Amazon Rainforest

open access: yesInternational Journal of Next-Generation Computing, 2023
Remote sensing is widely used in the prediction of forest cover. Forest plays an important role in the balance of the ecosystem. It helps to maintain the balance between climate. We depend a lot on forests for wood, oxygen, and also for the control of soil erosion. Hence it is our duty to maintain the forest cover on earth.
null Tanisha Agrawal   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Community-Based Ecotourism and Primate Watching as a Conservation Tool in the Amazon Rainforest

open access: yesInternational journal of primatology, 2021
Community-based tourism is a participatory approach implemented to support the economic and social development of local communities. Here, we present the preliminary results of an initiative of primate tourism in the Mamirauá Reserve for Sustainable ...
Cynthia Lebrão   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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