Deforestation and fires in the Brazilian Amazon from 2001 to 2020: Impacts on rainfall variability and land surface temperature

RM da Silva, AG Lopes, CAG Santos - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Deforestation and fires in the Amazon are serious problems affecting climate, and land use
and land cover (LULC) changes. In recent decades, the Amazon biome area has suffered …

Land grabbing on Brazil's Highway BR-319 as a spearhead for Amazonian deforestation

L Ferrante, MBT Andrade, PM Fearnside - Land use policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Brazil faces its greatest period of environmental setback, where “ruralists”(large landholders
and their representatives) gain access to government land in the Amazon. New roads are …

Human outbreaks of a novel reassortant Oropouche virus in the Brazilian Amazon region

FG Naveca, TAP Almeida, V Souza, V Nascimento… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Brazilian western Amazon is experiencing its largest laboratory-confirmed
Oropouche virus (OROV) outbreak, with more than 6,300 reported cases between 2022 and …

Government policies endanger the indigenous peoples of the Brazilian Amazon

KV Conceição, MED Chaves, MCA Picoli, AH Sánchez… - Land use policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Brazilian Amazon rainforest deforestation rate increased by 34.1% between
2018 and 2019, reaching even protected areas, such as Indigenous Lands (ILs). In …

Emergence of a novel reassortant Oropouche virus drives persistent human outbreaks in the Brazilian Amazon region from 2022 to 2024

FG Naveca, TAP de Almeida, V Souza, V Nascimento… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
ABSTRACT The Brazilian western Amazon region is currently experiencing its largest
laboratory confirmed Oropouche virus (OROV) outbreak, with nearly 6,000 reported cases in …

The bioeconomy–biodiversity nexus: enhancing or undermining nature's contributions to people?

MG Bastos Lima, U Palme - Conservation, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bioeconomy has become fundamental for a post-fossil-resources society, in line with climate
change mitigation ambitions. Although it does not have a single, consensual definition, the …

[HTML][HTML] AMACRO: the newer Amazonia deforestation hotspot and a potential setback for Brazilian agriculture

MED Chaves, G Mataveli, KV Conceição… - Perspectives in Ecology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Brazil can provide ecosystem services, food, and combat climate change-related
vulnerabilities. However, this possibility is obliterated by the increasing deforestation in the …

[HTML][HTML] Land use and land cover changes in the diversity and life zone for uncontacted indigenous people: Deforestation hotspots in the Yasuní Biosphere reserve …

M Heredia-R, B Torres, F Cabrera-Torres, E Torres… - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Land use and land cover change (LULC) is an essential component for the monitoring
environmental change and managing natural resources in areas of high natural and cultural …

CBERS data cubes for land use and land cover map** in the Brazilian Cerrado agricultural belt

MED Chaves, AR Soares, ID Sanches… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The agricultural frontier expansion in the Cerrado biome made Brazil a leader in commodity
exports and is changing its landscape. Hence, efforts to accurate land use and land cover …

Fire dynamics in an emerging deforestation frontier in Southwestern Amazonia, Brazil

DJ Dutra, LO Anderson, PM Fearnside, PMLA Graça… - Fire, 2022 - mdpi.com
Land management and deforestation in tropical regions cause wildfires and forest
degradation, leading to a loss of ecosystem services and global climate regulation. The …