Brazilian biodiversity is undergoing numerous attacks and misguided policies that aim to
reduce protected areas (PAs) with the main argument of expanding agribusiness to improve …

This study delves into the pivotal role that indicators play in designing, assessing, and
guiding policies for sustainable urban development. Indicators, encompassing both …

The Andes is recognized as one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, promoting in its
uplift process a series of recent rapid diversification events in different biotic groups like …

Plant communities in highly fragmented tropical landscapes can undergo biotic
homogenization and differentiation after land-use changes, such as forest fragmentation …

Integrating water and sediment analysis with land use brings significant results in
understanding the transformations in the watershed and assessing anthropic actions. We …

The elaboration of environmental sustainability indexes (ESI) aims to describe the
complexity between social, environmental and ecological health. These indexes play a …

Although protected areas (PAs) are designed to safeguard natural ecosystems from
anthropic modifications, many PAs worldwide are subjected to numerous human-induced …

Brazilian's native vegetation and biodiversity have been the target of political decisions
which frequently benefit agricultural expansion unrestrictedly (Alves et al. 2019; Abessa et …

Sustainable development assessments in hydrographic sub-basins are powerful tools used
to guide stakeholders. However, there remains a gap in incorporating new indicators (eg …

We present herein our perspective of a novel Small Habitats Matrix (SHM) concept showing
how small habitats on private lands are untapped but can be valuable for mitigating …