Global environmental change has motivated multiple interventions in pursuit of sustainable
outcomes within tropical forest landscapes. Fire is recognised as a key stressor facing forest …

O objetivo desse trabalho foi analisar como os preços agrícolas e as políticas públicas
afetaram o desmatamento nos estados da Amazônia Legal brasileira no período de 1999 a …

The positioning of federal fire brigades in the Brazilian Amazon is based on an
oversimplified prediction of fire occurrences, where inaccuracies can affect the policy's …

Fires are a major threat to the conservation of the Amazon forest. Despite a large decline in
deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon between 2004 and 2012, frequency and extent of …

Although still the largest expanse of tropical rainforests in the world, the Amazon is suffering
a declining capacity to deliver ecosystem services, to which the widespread use of fire is one …

A produção científica tem acumulado evidências que apontam para o aumento da
flamabilidade do bioma amazônico (NEPSTAD et al., 2001; MALHI et al., 2009; COE et al …

Agricultural fires are a double-edged sword that allow for cost-efficient land management in
the tropics but also cause accidental fires and emissions of carbon and pollutants. To control …

The paper identifies the key factors limiting the effectiveness of current public policies to
reduce Brazilian Amazon fires. Among them,(i) the dominant allocation of budget to fire …

Communities of fire-dependent smallholders in the Amazon face a number of problems
associated with fire management norms. We investigate potential causal factors and …

Après 50 ans d'avancée des fronts pionniers, l'Amazonie orientale brésilienne aborde une
phase de transition agraire. Face à la fermeture de la frontière limitant l'accès au foncier et à …