[HTML][HTML] Protecting forests at the expense of native grasslands: Land-use policy encourages open-habitat loss in the Brazilian cerrado biome
J Bonanomi, FR Tortato, RG Raphael de Souza… - Perspectives in Ecology …, 2019 - Elsevier
The agricultural conversion of natural habitats is one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss
worldwide. In the∼ 2 million km 2 Brazilian cerrado biome, a global biodiversity hotspot,
vast areas have been converted into croplands and cattle pastures. Because the cerrado
biome is overwhelmingly contained within private lands, Brazil's environmental legislation
should serve as a decisive instrument in protecting these natural ecosystems. We assessed
the role of Legal Reserves (LRs), legally defined as the minimum proportion of private …
worldwide. In the∼ 2 million km 2 Brazilian cerrado biome, a global biodiversity hotspot,
vast areas have been converted into croplands and cattle pastures. Because the cerrado
biome is overwhelmingly contained within private lands, Brazil's environmental legislation
should serve as a decisive instrument in protecting these natural ecosystems. We assessed
the role of Legal Reserves (LRs), legally defined as the minimum proportion of private …
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