Brazil has a monitoring system to track annual forest conversion in the Amazon and most
recently to monitor the Cerrado biome. However, there is still a gap of annual land use and …

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices, mainly no-tillage (NT), cover cropping (CC), soil
fertilization with organic amendments (OA), and crop-livestock (CL) and crop-livestock …

Natural and planted grasslands play a very important role in agriculture as source of various
ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration and biodiversity, and are responsible …

Conserving tropical forests is crucial for the environment and future of our climate. Tropical
rainforests worldwide, including the Brazilian Legal Amazon (BLA), offer exceptional …

Woody encroachment is occurring in all tropical savannas of the world. However, in the
Brazilian savanna (the Cerrado), the extent of this phenomenon is still poorly documented …

The present study aimed to investigate the rupture of B1 tailings dam of Córrego do Feijão
mine, which drastically affected the region of Brumadinho (Minas Gerais, Brazil). The …

Land clearing, low levels of protection, and high biodiversity make the Brazilian Cerrado a
hotspot for biological conservation. However, one of the most active agricultural frontiers in …

Deforestation is one of the major threats to natural ecosystems. This process has a
substantial contribution to climate change and biodiversity reduction. Therefore, the …

This study investigated the collapse of B1 mine-tailings dam that occurred in 25 January
2019 and severely affected the Brumadinho region (Minas Gerais state, Brazil) socially …

ABSTRACT Currently, only 40% of Brazil's Pampa still is covered by original vegetation;
however, there is a clear underrepresentation of regional biodiversity in protected areas …