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Quantifying the biodiversity value of tropical primary, secondary, and plantati...
Barlow, Jos; Gardner, Toby Alan; Araújo, Ivanei Souza; Ávila-Pires, Teresa Cristina Sauer; Bonaldo, Alexandre Bragio; Costa, Joana E.Biodiversity loss from deforestation may be partly offset by the expansion of secondary forests and plantation forestry in the tropics. However, our current knowledge of the value of these habitats for biodiversity conservation is limited to very few taxa, and many studies are severely confounded by methodological shortcomings. We examined the conservation value of tropical primary, secondary, and plantation fo...
A social and ecological assessment of tropical land uses at multiple scales: Th...
Gardner, Toby Alan; Ferreira, Joice Nunes; Barlow, Jos; Lees, Alexander C.; Parry, Luke; Guimarães Vieira, Ima Cèlia; Berenguer, ErikaScience has a critical role to play in guiding more sustainable development trajectories. Here, we present the Sustainable Amazon Network (Rede Amazônia Sustentável, RAS): a multidisciplinary research initiative involving more than 30 partner organizations working to assess both social and ecological dimensions of land-use sustainability in eastern Brazilian Amazonia. The research approach adopted by RAS offers...