Purpose Brazilian territory is divided into six biomes (Amazon, Atlantic Forest, Cerrado,
Caatinga, Pantanal, and Pampa) that represent important global biodiversity hotspots …

Soil conservation adheres to various United Nations Sustainable Development Goals while
in Brazil is a constitutional obligation. To attain the goals and fulfil the obligation, laws …

The growing scarcity and gradual decline in the quality of freshwater are a threat to
sustainable development and human survival, largely due to environmental degradation …

Brazil has become an antagonist in natural resource conservation policies in recent years.
The Brazilian Cerrado is one of the biomes most affected by this setback due to the …

The environmental vulnerability diagnosis of a river basin depends on a holistic analysis of
its environmental aspects and degradation factors. Based on this diagnosis, the definition of …

Environmental vulnerability is an important tool to understand the natural and anthropogenic
impacts associated with the susceptibility to environmental damage. This study aims to …

To understand how various environmental pressures may threaten the Amazon territory,
specifically its hydrographic basins, it is crucial to guide key management actions such as …

Land use and land cover (LULC) planning stands out for listing potentials and limitations to
land use aiming to reduce erosion to tolerable limits based on soil characteristics, relief, and …

Determining the temperature and water content of soil, at a given instant or along time, is
fundamental to understand several soil‐related phenomena and processes. Evaporation …

Understanding climate change and land use impacts is crucial for mitigating environmental
degradation. This study assesses the environmental vulnerability of the Doce River Basin for …