We synthesize findings from one of the world's largest and longest‐running experimental
investigations, the B iological D ynamics of F orest F ragments P roject (BDFFP). Spanning …

Climate tipping points occur when change in a part of the climate system becomes self-
perpetuating beyond a warming threshold, leading to substantial Earth system impacts …

Understanding forest loss patterns in Amazonia, the Earth's largest rainforest region, is
critical for effective forest conservation and management. Following the most detailed …

Deforestation rates in primary humid tropical forests of the Brazilian Legal Amazon (BLA)
have declined significantly since the early 2000s. Brazil's national forest monitoring system …

Forest fires and deforestation are the main threats to the Amazon forest. Extreme drought
events exacerbate the impact of forest fire in the Amazon, and these drought events are …

Brazil's Amazon region is undergoing a period of environmental setback, during which large
infrastructure projects are being pushed forward and environmental protection is being …

Spatially-explicit information on forest composition provides valuable information to fulfil
scientific, ecological and management objectives and to monitor multiple changes in forest …

Bioethanol production in Brazil gained momentum in the 1970s and 1980s as an energy
security and energy sufficiency measure due to the well‐known world oil crisis. However, the …

The extent and rate of rainforest clearing in Brazilian Amazonia provide ample cause for
concern about the forest's future. While clearings are still small relative to the region's total …

Deforestation rates have declined in the Brazilian Amazon since 2005, yet degradation from
logging, fire, and fragmentation has continued in frontier forests. In this study we quantified …