The rapid uptake of renewable energy technologies in recent decades has increased the
demand of energy researchers, policymakers and energy planners for reliable data on the …

Brazil's environmental legislation obliges private properties to retain a fixed proportion of
their total area with native vegetation, the so-called “Legal Reserves”. Those areas …

Protecting riparian vegetation around streams is vital in reducing the detrimental effects of
environmental change on freshwater ecosystems and in maintaining aquatic biodiversity …

Cash crops such as soy, cocoa and oil palm have expanded at great speed in develo**
countries, often at the expense of customary landowners, traditional livelihoods, and …

Fake controversies have influenced policy making on health and environmental issues for
decades, resulting in major implementation setbacks worldwide. As a case study, in this …

Land tenure in many parts of Brazil remains uncertain and controversial. These problems
have recently been exacerbated by changes in the legal framework regulating protected …

O atual modelo de desenvolvimento, produtivista-consumista, levará muito provavelmente a
humanidade à autodestruição. Precisamos denunciar o processo de degradação em curso …

Abstract The Brazilian Amazon rainforest is protected largely by command and control
regulation of public and private land. The Brazilian Forest Act requires private landholders …

The question of who is entitled to benefit from transactions under the United Nations
framework to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) remains …

Indigenous land rights have been increasingly recognized in several countries, but powerful
economic and political lobbies have conspired to produce major legislative alterations to …