Mapping 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 …

Deforestation is the primary driver of carbon losses in tropical forests, but it does not operate
alone. Forest fragmentation, a resulting feature of the deforestation process, promotes …

Abstract Aim Mapping Amazonian biodiversity accurately is a major challenge for integrated
conservation strategies and to study its origins. However, species boundaries and their …

Extreme droughts have been recurrent in the Amazon over the past decades, causing socio-
economic and environmental impacts. Here, we investigate the vulnerability of Amazonian …

Persistent forest loss in the Brazilian Legal Amazon (BLA) is responsible for carbon
emission, reduction of ecosystem services, and loss of biodiversity. Combining spatial data …

Amazonia is home to more than half of the world's remaining tropical forests, playing a key
role as reservoirs of carbon and biodiversity. However, whether at a slower or faster pace …

Forest fragmentation and deforestation are subjects of great concern in tropical regions,
namely in South America and Africa, contributing to a rapid loss of tropical forest area and …

Assessing how much management of agricultural landscapes, in addition to protected areas,
can offset biodiversity erosion in the tropics is a central issue for conservation that still …

Tropical forests provide essential environmental services to human well-being. In the world,
Brazil has the largest continuous area of these forests. However, in the state of Maranhão, in …

Land management and deforestation in tropical regions cause wildfires and forest
degradation, leading to a loss of ecosystem services and global climate regulation. The …