The effects of environmental changes on plant species and forest dependent communities in the Amazon region

DO Brandão, LES Barata, CA Nobre - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
We review the consequences of environmental changes caused by human activities on
forest products and forest-dependent communities in the Amazon region—the vast …

A review of small farmer land use and deforestation in tropical forest frontiers: Implications for conservation and sustainable livelihoods

D López-Carr - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
Forest conversion for agriculture is the most expansive signature of human occupation on
the Earth's surface. This paper develops a conceptual model of factors underlying frontier …

Assessment and prediction of carbon storage based on land use/land cover dynamics in the tropics: a case study of hainan island, China

Q Liu, D Yang, L Cao, B Anderson - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Land use and land cover (LULC) change in tropical regions can cause huge amounts of
carbon loss and storage, thus significantly affecting the global climate. Due to the differences …

Will the EU deforestation-free products regulation (EUDR) reduce tropical forest loss? Insights from three producer countries

R Muradian, R Cahyafitri, T Ferrando, C Grottera… - Ecological …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract The European Union regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR) represents
a policy innovation with important implications for the governance of global commodity …

Integration of deep learning algorithms with a Bayesian method for improved characterization of tropical deforestation frontiers using Sentinel-1 SAR imagery

R Sun, F Zhao, C Huang, H Huang, Z Lu, P Zhao… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tropical deforestation frontiers continue to expand at alarming rates, but their fine-scale
temporal patterns (eg, start timing, patch forming speed, temporal clustering within a year) …

Assessing economic and ecological impacts of carbon stock and land use changes in Brazil's Amazon Forest: A 2050 projection

TB Feitosa, MM Fernandes, CAG Santos… - Sustainable Production …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Amazon Forest, possessing the highest carbon stock (CS) per hectare in Brazil,
is confronting deforestation and increased greenhouse gas emissions as a result of changes …

Environmental changes and the impact on the human infections by dengue, chikungunya and Zika viruses in northern Brazil, 2010–2019

RSS Marinho, RLS Duro, MTO Mota, J Hunter… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Environmental changes are among the main factors that contribute to the emergence or re-
emergence of viruses of public health importance. Here, we show the impact of …

Road network and deforestation of indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon

CFA da Silva, MO de Andrade, AM dos Santos… - … Research Part D …, 2023 - Elsevier
This research evaluates the relationship between the official and unofficial road network and
deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon within and around 332 indigenous lands from 2008 to …

The drivers of fire in the Caatinga Biome in Brazil

SFS Martins, AM dos Santos, CFA da Silva… - Forest Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The goal of this research was to analyze the drivers of fire occurrence in the Caatinga
Biome, located in the northeastern part of Brazil. Thirty-four explanatory variables of fire …

Revalidation of Mazama rufa (Illiger 1815) (Artiodactyla: Cervidae) as a Distinct Species out of the Complex Mazama americana (Erxleben 1777)

PHF Peres, DJ Luduvério, AM Bernegossi… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The red brocket deer Mazama americana Erxleben, 1777 is considered a polyphyletic
complex of cryptic species with wide chromosomal divergence. Evidence indicates that the …