Despite growing recognition of the conservation values of grassy biomes, our understanding
of how to maintain and restore biodiverse tropical grasslands (including savannas and open …

As the Anthropocene advances, there are few parts of Earth that have not been impacted by
human influence. Humans have had a long-sustained interaction with grassy ecosystems …

Extensive ecosystem restoration is increasingly seen as being central to conserving
biodiversity and stabilizing the climate of the Earth. Although ambitious national and global …

Abstract The Brazilian Cerrado is one of the most biodiverse savannas in the world, yet 46%
of its original cover has been cleared to make way for crops and pastures. These extensive …

Several large-scale drivers of both anthropogenic and natural environmental changes are
interacting nonlinearly in the transition zone between eastern Amazonia and the adjacent …

Despite efforts to reduce deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, there has been an up-turn in
clearing rates since 2012. These increases are in part due to failures in deforestation …

Human pressure map** is important for understanding humanity's role in sha** Earth's
patterns and processes. Our ability to map this influence has evolved, thanks to powerful …

Abstract The Brazilian Cerrado is a global biodiversity hotspot with notoriously high rates of
native vegetation suppression and wildfires over the past three decades. As a result, climate …

International commitments for ecosystem restoration add up to one-quarter of the world's
arable land. Fulfilling them would ease global challenges such as climate change and …

Tropical savannas have been increasingly viewed as an opportunity for carbon
sequestration through fire suppression and afforestation, but insufficient attention has been …