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The Fate of an Amazonian Savanna: Government Land-Use Planning Endangers Sustai...
Hilario, Renato R.; Funi, Claudia; Fearnside, Philip Martin; Silva, Jose M. C.; Euler, Ana M. C.; Carvalho, William D.; Toledo, J.J.; Mustin, Karen
Biodiversity, threats and conservation challenges in the Cerrado of Amapá, an A...
Mustin, Karen; Carvalho, William Douglas de; Hilário, Renato Richard; Costa-Neto, Salustiano Vilar da; Silva, Cláudia Regina; Vasconcelos, Ivan M.An Amazonian savanna in northern Brazil known as the Cerrado of Amapá is under imminent threat from poor land-use planning, the expansion of large-scale agriculture and other anthropogenic pressures. These savannas house a rich and unique flora and fauna, including endemic plants and animals. However, the area remains under-sampled for most taxa, and better sampling may uncover new species. We estimate that onl...
Deforestation control in the Brazilian Amazon: A conservation struggle being lo...
Carvalho, William Douglas de; Mustin, Karen; Hilário, Renato Richard; Vasconcelos, Ivan M.; Eilers, Vivianne; Fearnside, Philip MartinDespite 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 control. Soybean planters, cattle ranchers, and timber merchants find ways to circumvent agreements and legislation. Here we explain some of the key problems with the implementation of the principal agreements and Brazilian laws tha...