Food production and consumption have a range of sustainability implications, including their
contribution to global emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). As some foodstuffs entail …

Tropical forests play a major role in determining the current atmospheric concentration of CO
2, as both sources of CO 2 following deforestation and sinks of CO 2 probably resulting from …

RESUMO A floresta amazônica brasileira permaneceu completamente intacta até o início
da era “moderna” do desmatamento, com a inauguração da rodovia Transamazônica, em …

Enhancing and conserving carbon pools in vegetation is a major climate change mitigation
strategy. The dynamics of carbon in terrestrial ecosystems depend on processes like …

The net flux of carbon from land use and land-cover change (LULCC) accounted for 12.5%
of anthropogenic carbon emissions from 1990 to 2010. This net flux is the most uncertain …

Identidade e território, processo e perspectivas; Território e identidade; Breve histórico do
GEO no Brasil; O processo de articulação do GEO; A estrutura e o conteúdo do relatório; A …

Oil palm supplies> 30% of world vegetable oil production. Plantation expansion is occurring
throughout the tropics, predominantly in Indonesia, where forests with heterogeneous …

A recently completed research program (TREES) employing the global imaging capabilities
of Earth-observing satellites provides updated information on the status of the world's humid …

Application of organic fertilizers and charcoal increase nutrient stocks in the rooting zone of
crops, reduce nutrient leaching and thus improve crop production on acid and highly …

Brazil's Amazon forest remained largely intact until the “modern” era of deforestation began
with the inauguration of the Transamazon Highway in 1970. Amazonian deforestation rates …