Climate change certainly shapes weather events. However, describing climate and weather
as the cause of disasters can be misleading, since disasters are caused by pre‐existing …

Climate change is a global phenomenon that affects biophysical systems and human well-
being. The Paris Agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate …

A existência de uma relação entre cobertura florestal e provisão de água é foco de estudos
há décadas, especialmente no que diz respeito às funções eco-hidrológicas da vegetação …

Designing landscapes that can meet human needs, while maintaining functioning
ecosystems, is essential for long-term sustainability. To achieve this goal, we must better …

As elevadas concentrações de fósforo em águas residuárias industriais é uma das
principais causas da eutrofização de corpos hídricos receptores, havendo em virtude disto …

Conservation scientists and practitioners share many of the same goals. Yet in a majority of
cases, we argue, research conducted by academic conservation scientists actually makes …

In tropical countries soil erosion is often increased due to high erodibility of geologically old
and weathered soils; intensive rainfall; inappropriate soil management; removal of forest …

Brazil is one of the world's major producers of food and biofuels. Agricultural expansion has
driven rapid economic development but has also had major impacts on biodiversity and the …

A Lei de Proteção da Vegetação Nativa (LPVN), que substituiu o Código Florestal de 1965,
encontra‐se ainda em fase de regulamentação em nível federal e estadual e a …

The 2012 revision of the Brazilian Forest Act changed the relative importance of private and
public governance for nature conservation and agricultural production. We present a …