… deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is clearly observed in our analysis, we also highlight
the growth of emerging deforestation … statistically defined as an Amazonian forest loss hotspot …

… better monitoring to detect small-scale deforestation and a shift toward more … in deforestation
will continue to rise as a result of the increased technical difficulties of detecting small-scale …

… of cattle ranching in a continuous and pervasive cycle of land degradation, abandonment and
… Here, we note that the expected increase in droughts and heatwaves in the Amazon under …

… use system (eg small scale agriculture), land … small scale agriculture, for instance, makes
of this cover an asset as it provides important ecosystem services (eg protect soils and increase …

… herd continued to increase after 2004, deforestation in all … and deforestation reported for part
of the Amazon 12 and … and the total area occupied by small-scale farming, particularly in the …

… Deforestation and mining are recognized as major threats to Amazonian biodiversity, but, in
… habitat specialist species and favours larger ubiquitous species living in both streams and …

… : Forest clearing may occur for the establishment of small-scale pasture, perennial and annual
crop … problems of pervasive poverty, population growth, and landlessness in the areas of …

… , small-scale farmers, with state assistance, deforested large … Small farmers were ubiquitous
as drivers of deforestation, … in studies of deforestation in the Amazon and Southeast Asia …

… Until the early 1960s the small scale farmer was usually a shifting … There has been creeping
attrition of Brazil's Amazonian … They include pervasive poverty among peasant communities …