In situ conservation often requires the designation of sites where land-use is restricted, such
as protected areas and no-fishing zones. Such areas are designed to reduce human …

Tropical moist forests contain the majority of terrestrial species. Human actions destroy
between 1 and 2 million km2 of such forests per decade, with concomitant carbon release …

Forest conservation has become one of the most important environmental issues currently
facing humanity, as a result of widespread deforestation and forest degradation. Pressures …

This study evaluated the extent to which natural protected areas (NPAs) in Mexico have
been effective for preventing land use/land cover change, considered as a major cause of …

Successful implementation of REDD is likely to require the reduction of deforestation rates
on a national scale. Designation of new protected areas and strengthening of the current …

Background Reserves are the principal means to conserve forests and biodiversity, but the
question of whether reserves work is still debated. In the Amazon, fires are closely linked to …

Identifying the relative importance of human and environmental drivers on fire occurrence in
different regions and scales is critical for a sound fire management. Nevertheless, studies …

There is general agreement regarding the importance of analysing the territories' roles
under different biodiversity management figures in order to support better decision making in …

I propose several broad fire regimes and provide an analysis of fire ecology for the principal
vegetation types in Mexico. Forty percent of Mexican ecosystems are fire-dependent (pine …

Vegetation burning in tropical countries is a threat to the environment, causing not only local
ecological, economic and social impacts, but also large-scale implications for global …