Protected Areas (PAs) are a critical tool for maintaining habitat integrity and species
diversity, and now cover more than 12.7% of the planet's land surface area. However, there …

Land use and land cover change (LUCC) affects regional climate through modifications in
the water balance and energy budget. These impacts are frequently expressed by: changes …

This paper assesses the role of protected and community managed forests for the long term
maintenance of forest cover in the tropics. Through a meta-analysis of published case …

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 …

An expanding human population and associated demands for goods and services continues
to exert an increasing pressure on ecological systems. Although the rate of expansion of …

" Despite the vast number of books and reports on tropical deforestation, there's confusion
about the causes of forest loss and forest poverty, and the effectiveness of policy responses …

Abstract Biodiversity in Latin America is at risk today due to habitat loss, land conversion to
agriculture and urbanization. To grow their economies the developing countries of Latin …

Though seasonally dry tropical forests are equally as important to global biodiversity as
tropical rainforests, and are one of the most representative and highly endangered …

Bolivia's rate of deforestation throughout the 1990s was among the most rapid anywhere in
the Amazon Basin. This drastic clearing stood in sharp contrast to the relatively slow rates of …

Concerns over the expropriation of and encroachment on indigenous communities' lands
have led to greater formalization of these communities' rights in a number of developing …