Current social-technical and political conditions threaten the integrity of the Amazon biome.
Overcoming these lock-ins requires structural transformations away from conventional …

Recent studies identifying underlying and proximate drivers of tropical deforestation and
forest degradation have applied a multitude of methodologies, with varying and sometimes …

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Protecting the world's remaining forests is a global policy priority. Even though the value of
the world's remaining forests is global in nature, much of the protection has to come from …

The increased availability of remote sensing products and new legislative agendas are
driving a growing focus on farm‐level traceability and monitoring to tackle commodity‐driven …

Environmental legislation requires well‐defined concepts, criteria, and indicators to support
its effective implementation and provide legal security to the diverse stakeholders involved …

Guyana manages an estimated 5.3 million hectares of old-growth tropical forests, 29% of its
total forest area, for timber extraction. Individuals and companies can apply for time-limited …

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in the Amazon has degraded tropical forests
and escalated mercury (Hg) pollution, affecting biodiversity, ecological processes and rural …

Aim Mining is increasingly pressuring areas of critical importance for biodiversity
conservation, such as the Brazilian Amazon. Biodiversity data are limited in the tropics …

High deforestation rates in tropical forests of South America lead to biodiversity loss, climate
change and alterations in nature's contributions to people. Deforestation drivers vary across …