This is a review of the main factors currently perceived as threats to the biodiversity of
Amazonia. Deforestation and the expansion of the agricultural frontier go hand in hand …

Some coupled land–climate models predict a dieback of Amazon forest during the twenty-
first century due to climate change, but human land use in the region has already reduced …

Aim and Location We assessed the effects of biophysical and anthropogenic predictors on
deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia. This region has the world's highest absolute rates of …

'Causes of Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon'is part of the World Bank Working Paper
series. The report suggests that, in contrast to the 1970s and 1980s, when occupation of …

Containing the advance of deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia requires understanding the
roles and movements of the actors involved. The importance of different actors varies widely …

In the tropics, habitat fragmentation alters forest–climate interactions in diverse ways. On a
local scale (less than 1 km), elevated desiccation and wind disturbance near fragment …

An important read for academics and policy-makers alike, Hard Choices, Soft Law asserts
that voluntary standards, or'soft'law, are an important supplement to international law in a …

Abstract Brazil's Cuiabá-Santarém (BR-163) Highway provides a valuable example of ways
in which decision-making procedures for infrastructure projects in tropical forest areas need …

The process of human occupation in Brazilian Amazonia is heterogeneous in space and
time. The goal of this paper is to explore intra-regional differences in land-use determining …

Brazil's BR-319 Highway linked Manaus, in the state of Amazonas, to Porto Velho,
Rondônia, until it became impassable in 1988. Now it is proposed for reconstruction and …