Amazonian environments are being degraded by modern industrial and agricultural
activities at a pace far above anything previously known, imperiling its vast biodiversity …

Tropical, temperate, and boreal forests are critical components of the climate system, and
the ecosystem services they provide are essential for our society (Bona n et al., 1992, Bonan …

Brazil has the largest amount of fresh water in the world. Two-thirds of what flows in the
Amazon River alone could supply the world's demand. Yet much of the nation now faces …

Aim After environmental disasters, species with large population losses may need urgent
protection to prevent extinction and support recovery. Following the 2019–2020 Australian …

Fire is a significant agent of landscape transformation on Earth, and a dynamic and
ephemeral process that is challenging to map. Difficulties include the seasonality of native …

This bold and passionate textbook has become a go-to introduction to current and emerging
thinking on the social dimensions of climate change, presenting key concepts and …

Conflicts between forest conservation and socio-economic development in the Brazilian
Legal Amazon (BLA) have persisted for years but the effects of Indigenous territory (ITs) and …

Increasing human pressures are driving a global loss of biodiversity and of Nature's
Contributions to People (NCP)—the contributions of living nature to people's quality of life …

Abstract General Circulation and Earth System Models are the most advanced tools for
investigating climate responses to future scenarios of greenhouse gas emissions, playing …

As a costliest natural hazard, drought profoundly affects water resources, agriculture, and
socio-economic sectors in India. In spite of large spatio-temporal variability in droughts, the …