Map** the deforestation footprint of nations reveals growing threat to tropical forests

NT Hoang, K Kanemoto - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2021 - nature.com
Deforestation, a significant threat to biodiversity, is accelerated by global demand for
commodities. Although prior literature has linked deforestation to global supply chains, here …

Complex, diverse and changing agribusiness and livelihood systems in the Amazon

FA Costa, ED Assad, DH Bebbington, ES Brondizio… - Acta …, 2024 - SciELO Brasil
Finding pathways to more sustainable agriculture and resource use remains the most
pressing challenge for Amazonian countries. Characterizing recent changes in the structure …

Uncovering major types of deforestation frontiers across the world's tropical dry woodlands

A Buchadas, M Baumann, P Meyfroidt… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Tropical dry woodlands are rapidly being lost to agricultural expansion, but how
deforestation dynamics play out in these woodlands remains poorly understood. We have …

[HTML][HTML] Intensification in agriculture-forest frontiers: Land use responses to development and conservation policies in Brazil

RD Garrett, I Koh, EF Lambin, YP De Waroux… - Global Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Deforestation associated with agricultural expansion, particularly that of extensive cattle
ranching, remains a pressing challenge for sustainable development and climate mitigation …

Drivers of agricultural land-use change in the Argentine Pampas and Chaco regions

M Piquer-Rodríguez, V Butsic, P Gärtner, L Macchi… - Applied geography, 2018 - Elsevier
Agricultural expansion and intensification in South America's dry forests and grasslands
increase agricultural production, but also result in major environmental trade-offs. The …

[BOG][B] Extractivisms, existences and extinctions: Monoculture plantations and Amazon deforestation

M Kröger - 2022 - library.oapen.org
This book explores the existential redistributions that extractivist frontiers create, going
beyond existing studies by bringing into the English-language discussion much of the …

Integrated crop-livestock systems: A sustainable land-use alternative for food production in the Brazilian Cerrado and Amazon

JC dos Reis, GS Rodrigues, I de Barros… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sustainable intensification of agriculture is central to deal with the challenges of feeding a
growing population while promoting a rational use of environmental and economic …

Scaling up zero-deforestation initiatives through public-private partnerships: A look inside post-conflict Colombia

PR Furumo, EF Lambin - Global Environmental Change, 2020 - Elsevier
The rise of public and private zero-deforestation commitments is opening a new
collaborative space in global forest governance. Governments seeking to reduce national …

Rents, actors, and the expansion of commodity frontiers in the Gran Chaco

Y Le Polain de Waroux, M Baumann… - Annals of the …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Theories of frontier expansion in the last four decades have been mostly shaped by studies
of state-driven smallholder colonization. Modern-day agricultural frontiers, however, are …

An ecosystem risk assessment of temperate and tropical forests of the Americas with an outlook on future conservation strategies

JR Ferrer‐Paris, I Zager, DA Keith… - Conservation …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Forests of the Americas and the Caribbean are undergoing rapid change as human
populations increase and land use intensifies. We applied the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems …