▪ Abstract This chapter reviews the literature relevant to environmental governance in four
domains of scholarship: globalization, decentralization, market and individual incentives …

The forest biome of Amazonia is one of Earth's greatest biological treasures and a major
component of the Earth system. This century, it faces the dual threats of deforestation and …

Characterizing the spatiotemporal variability of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) and its drivers is
a key step in leveraging thermal comfort to create not only healthier cities, but also to …

Reducing carbon emissions from deforestation and degradation in developing countries is
of central importance in efforts to combat climate change. Key scientific challenges must be …

This paper investigates the contribution of agricultural output prices and policies to the
reduction in Amazon deforestation in the 2000s. Based on a panel of Amazon municipalities …

Expansion of the cattle and soy industries in the Amazon basin has increased deforestation
rates and will soon push all-weather highways into the region's core,,,. In the face of this …

Intensive mechanized agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon grew by> 3.6 million hectares (ha)
during 2001–2004. Whether this cropland expansion resulted from intensified use of land …

Forested tropical peatlands in Southeast Asia store at least 42 000 Million metric tonnes (Mt)
of soil carbon. Human activity and climate change threatens the stability of this large pool …

Some model experiments predict a large-scale substitution of Amazon forest by savannah-
like vegetation by the end of the twenty-first century. Expanding global demands for biofuels …

The initiative known as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
(REDD+) officially became part of the international climate agenda in 2007. At that time …