Abstract Development and implementation of effective protected area management to
reduce deforestation depend in part on identifying factors contributing to forest loss and …

The natural ecosystems' replacement by farmland and the consequent biodiversity damage
(BD) for agriculture are one of the principal concerns worldwide. The development of the life …

In the American tropics, logging is almost always highly selective, leaving most of the forest
standing and available for future harvest under sustainable forest management. However …

Despite their ecological and socioeconomic importance, the forested areas of tropical dry
ecosystems remain among the most threatened biomes worldwide. There has been limited …

Brazil once set the example for curtailing deforestation with command and control policies,
but, in the last decade, these interventions have gone astray. Environmental research and …

Cropland and pasture expansion continues to erase natural ecosystems at a staggering
speed globally, notably in the tropics. Conventional policy approaches, usually focused on a …

Lack of property rights is associated with lower investment, development, and welfare. In the
Brazilian Amazon, insecure property rights have historically led to civil conflicts and …

The vulnerability of the Amazon has widely increased with the COVID-19 global pandemic
and with the dismantlement of environmental protection policies in Brazil during the …

Gully erosion represents the most severe soil loss, with far-reaching consequences beyond
the immediate site. Assessing the stability of gullies is particularly challenging in tropical …

The Amazon forest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, which houses about 10% of
the Earth's biodiversity and 16% of the world's total river discharge into the oceans …