Linear infrastructure such as roads, highways, power lines and gas lines are omnipresent
features of human activity and are rapidly expanding in the tropics. Tropical species are …

Two factors have elevated recent academic and policy interest in tropical deforestation: first,
the realization that it is a major contributor to climate change; and second, a revolution in …

The Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector encompasses managed
ecosystems and offers significant mitigation opportunities while delivering food, wood and …

Roads fragment landscapes and trigger human colonization and degradation of
ecosystems, to the detriment of biodiversity and ecosystem functions. The planet's remaining …

Map** deforestation is an essential step in the process of managing tropical rainforests. It
lets us understand and monitor both legal and illegal deforestation and its implications …

The Amazon biome, spanning nine countries, has one of the highest rates of deforestation
worldwide. This deforestation contributes to biodiversity loss, climate change, the spread of …

This article presents a meta-analysis of what drives deforestation and what stops it, based
on a comprehensive database of 121 spatially explicit econometric studies of deforestation …

This paper investigates the contribution of agricultural output prices and policies to the
reduction in Amazon deforestation in the 2000s. Based on a panel of Amazon municipalities …

Reducing carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation now constitutes an
important strategy for mitigating climate change, particularly in develo** countries with …

Mineral and hydrocarbon extraction and infrastructure are increasingly significant drivers of
forest loss, greenhouse gas emissions, and threats to the rights of forest communities in …