Researches on the deforestation of the Amazon have gained prominence in the last recent
years, mainly with the change in the policy regarding the facing of this phenomenon by the …

Aim and Location We assessed the effects of biophysical and anthropogenic predictors on
deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia. This region has the world's highest absolute rates of …

This study explores the main direct and underlying causes of deforestation in Brazil's Legal
Amazon region by considering spatial differences. The computation of localized parameters …

The territory organization of the Brazilian Amazon, understood as a socioeconomic network
of municipalities, reflects the diversity of human settlements and their potentials for …

In recent years, the Cerrado deforestation has increased considerably, reaching rates higher
than in the Amazonian realm. Although the effects of deforestation are well known, the …

'Causes of Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon'is part of the World Bank Working Paper
series. The report suggests that, in contrast to the 1970s and 1980s, when occupation of …

The objective of this study was to better understand the linkages between spatial patterns of
forest use, land use, and rates of deforestation. We focused on a region of the Brazilian …

The Amazon is the largest tropical forest area on Earth, and has been undergoing rapid
deforestation for the last four decades. In the Brazilian Amazon, large‐scale pasture for …

ABSTRACT LANDSAT data for 1978, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991 indicate that by 1991 the
area of forest cleared had reached 426 X 10 3 km 2 (10.5% of the 4 X 10 6 km 2 originally …

The Amazon continues to lose its natural vegetation, and Brazil, in particular, has a distinct
agricultural frontier. We highlight the role of surveillance in reducing deforestation rates in …