Widespread and major losses in multiple ecosystem services as a result of agricultural expansion in the Argentine Chaco

MP Barral, S Villarino, C Levers… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Where agriculture expands into tropical and subtropical forests, social–ecological impacts
are typically strong. However, where and how frontier development impacts on ecosystem …

[PDF][PDF] Ecosystem services approach in Latin America: from theoretical promises to real applications

F Weyland, ME Mastrangelo, AD Auer, MP Barral… - Ecosystem …, 2019 - Elsevier
Methods This article emerged as a result of a workshop held at the V International Congress
of Ecosystem Services in the Neotropics (CISEN V). The proposal for the workshop entailed …

A tip** point for agricultural expansion? Technological changes and capital accumulation in Argentina's rural sector

DM Cáceres, C Gras - Journal of Agrarian Change, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Drawing upon a case study located in central Argentina, we analyse in what ways
technology is contributing to the accumulation of capital in a context where prevailing …

Between the global commodity boom and subnational state capacities: payment for environmental services to fight deforestation in Argentina

I Alcañiz, RA Gutierrez - Global Environmental Politics, 2020 - direct.mit.edu
Does subnational state capacity stop deforestation? The commodity boom of the 2000s
significantly expanded the agriculture frontier in most provinces of Argentina, with …

[HTML][HTML] Past and present effects of habitat amount and fragmentation per se on plant species richness, composition and traits in a deforestation hotspot

C Herrero-Jáuregui, GC Sans, DM Andries… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Worldwide, human activities are rapidly changing land cover and its spatial configuration.
While it is widely acknowledged that habitat loss is a major cause of biodiversity loss, there …

Where did the forest go? Post-deforestation land use dynamics in the Dry Chaco region in Northwestern Argentina

MJ Mosciaro, L Seghezzo, M Texeira, J Paruelo… - Land Use Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Land transformation is a major component of global change, directly altering habitat
composition and spatial configuration, biodiversity, and ecosystem functioning. Over the last …

Subnational institutions and power of landholders drive illegal deforestation in a major commodity production frontier

D Blum, S Aguiar, Z Sun, D Müller, A Alvarez… - Global Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Deforestation is a main threat to the biosphere due to its contribution to biodiversity loss,
carbon emissions, and land degradation. Most deforestation is illegal and continues …

The law is spider's web: An assessment of illegal deforestation in the Argentine Dry Chaco ten years after the enactment of the “Forest Law”

M Vallejos, GHC Sans, S Aguiar… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Deforestation control is one of the major challenges worldwide. The aim of this study was to
analyse deforestation under the Forest Law in the Argentine Dry Chaco ecoregion a decade …

Social perspectives on deforestation, land use change, and economic development in an expanding agricultural frontier in northern Argentina

LL Huaranca, MA Iribarnegaray, F Albesa… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
The idea that agricultural production and environmental conservation are almost
incompatible has divided nature protectionists, advocates for indigenous peoples, and …

Degradation processes and adaptive strategies in communal forests of Argentine dry Chaco. Integrating stakeholder knowledge and perceptions

SM Cotroneo, EJ Jacobo, MM Brassiolo - Ecosystems and People, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Forest replacement and degradation driven by crop expansion and livestock intensification
are some of the main global socio-ecological threats, severely affecting the dry Chaco …