Brazil is one of the world's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Fire foci across the
country contributes to these emissions and compromises emission reduction targets …

South America, a complex geographical area formed by physical, biological, and climatic
diversity and distributed over several biomes, is home to the greatest biodiversity on the …

Abstract The Brazilian Atlantic Forest is one of 34 biodiversity hotspots worldwide and is
considered one of the five most important for conservation. In this context, the present study …

Abstract The Brazilian Legal Amazon is an extensive territory (5,088,668.25 km 2) in which
different factors (environmental and social) influence the fire dynamics of the region. This …

The impact of flooding on vegetation ecosystems worldwide has resulted in severe and
widespread threats. Despite this, there is a significant knowledge gap in understanding the …

The trade-off between conservation of natural resources and agribusiness expansion is a
constant challenge in Brazil. The fires used to promote agricultural expansion increased in …

The Amazon region comprises the largest tropical forest on the planet and is responsible for
absorbing huge amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere. However, changes in land use and …

In the Lower Amazon mesoregion, there are basically three types of production systems: the
traditional (without shade and no bathing area), the silvopastoral (with shade and no bathing …

The fires and biomass burning are responsible for affect ecosystem processes in a wide
range of biomes at regional and global scales. In Brazil, the state of Mato Grosso is one of …

In the past two decades, Amazon rainforest countries (Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador,
Guyana, Peru and Venezuela) have experienced a substantial increase in fire frequency …