Slowing Amazon deforestation through public policy and interventions in beef and soy supply chains
D Nepstad, D McGrath, C Stickler, A Alencar… - science, 2014 - science.org
The recent 70% decline in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon suggests that it is possible
to manage the advance of a vast agricultural frontier. Enforcement of laws, interventions in …
to manage the advance of a vast agricultural frontier. Enforcement of laws, interventions in …
Globalization of land use: distant drivers of land change and geographic displacement of land use
Highlights•Distant drivers, including remote market demand, increasingly influence land
changes.•Environmental policies have indirect and distant land use consequences.• …
changes.•Environmental policies have indirect and distant land use consequences.• …
Brazil's Amazon soy moratorium reduced deforestation
Between 2004 and 2012, multiple policies contributed to one of the great conservation
successes of the twenty-first century—an 84% decrease in the rate of Brazilian Amazon …
successes of the twenty-first century—an 84% decrease in the rate of Brazilian Amazon …
Brazil's conservation reform and the reduction of deforestation in Amazonia
TAP West, PM Fearnside - Land use policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal
Amazon (PPCDAm), launched in 2004, promoted a drastic conservation reform in Brazil. To …
Amazon (PPCDAm), launched in 2004, promoted a drastic conservation reform in Brazil. To …
[HTML][HTML] Shifting patterns of oil palm driven deforestation in Indonesia and implications for zero-deforestation commitments
Oil palm plantations in Indonesia have been linked to substantial deforestation in the 1990s
and 2000s, though recent studies suggest that new plantations are increasingly developed …
and 2000s, though recent studies suggest that new plantations are increasingly developed …
[HTML][HTML] Deforestation control in the Brazilian Amazon: A conservation struggle being lost as agreements and regulations are subverted and bypassed
Despite efforts to reduce deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, there has been an up-turn in
clearing rates since 2012. These increases are in part due to failures in deforestation …
clearing rates since 2012. These increases are in part due to failures in deforestation …
[HTML][HTML] When enough should be enough: Improving the use of current agricultural lands could meet production demands and spare natural habitats in Brazil
BBN Strassburg, AE Latawiec, LG Barioni… - Global Environmental …, 2014 - Elsevier
Providing food and other products to a growing human population while safeguarding
natural ecosystems and the provision of their services is a significant scientific, social and …
natural ecosystems and the provision of their services is a significant scientific, social and …
What drives deforestation and what stops it? A meta-analysis
J Busch, K Ferretti-Gallon - Review of Environmental …, 2017 - journals.uchicago.edu
This article presents a meta-analysis of what drives deforestation and what stops it, based
on a comprehensive database of 121 spatially explicit econometric studies of deforestation …
on a comprehensive database of 121 spatially explicit econometric studies of deforestation …
Forests and sustainable development in the Brazilian Amazon: history, trends, and future prospects
Ongoing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is the outcome of an explicit federal project to
occupy, integrate, and “modernize” the region. Although there have been isolated periods of …
occupy, integrate, and “modernize” the region. Although there have been isolated periods of …