Reconstructing three decades of land use and land cover changes in brazilian biomes with landsat archive and earth engine

CM Souza Jr, J Z. Shimbo, MR Rosa, LL Parente… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
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 …

Corporate power in the bioeconomy transition: The policies and politics of conservative ecological modernization in Brazil

MG Bastos Lima - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The bioeconomy transition is a double-edged sword that may either address fossil fuel
dependence sustainably or aggravate human pressures on the environment, depending on …

The bioeconomy–biodiversity nexus: enhancing or undermining nature's contributions to people?

MG Bastos Lima, U Palme - Conservation, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bioeconomy has become fundamental for a post-fossil-resources society, in line with climate
change mitigation ambitions. Although it does not have a single, consensual definition, the …

Estimating the potential for conservation and farming in the Amazon and Cerrado under four policy scenarios

A Brandão Jr, L Rausch, A Paz Durán, C Costa Jr… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Since 2013, clearing rates have rapidly increased in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes. This
acceleration has raised questions about the efficacy of current regional public and private …

Integrated landscape change analysis of protected areas and their surrounding landscapes: application in the Brazilian Cerrado

B Bellón, J Blanco, A De Vos, F de O. Roque, O Pays… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Remote sensing tools have been long used to monitor landscape dynamics inside and
around protected areas. Hereto, scientists have largely relied on land use and land cover …

Interconnectedness of Ecosystem Services Potential with Land Use/Land Cover Change Dynamics in Western Uganda

SK Kusiima, A Egeru, J Namaalwa, P Byakagaba… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Understanding the evolution of land use/land cover change (LULCC) and how it shapes
current and future ecosystem services (ES) supply potential remains critical in sustainable …

On a data-driven approach for detecting disturbance in the Brazilian savannas using time series of vegetation indices

AA Souza, LS Galvão, TS Korting, CA Almeida - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Remote sensing of disturbance in the savannas from Brazil is challenging, especially due to
confounding effects of the vegetation phenology and natural soil exposure on the detection …

Herpetofauna of the Serra do Tombador Nature Reserve, State of Goiás, Central Brazil

V Guerra, WP Ramalho, IF Machado… - Arquivos de …, 2022 - revistas.usp.br
Data on species occurrence and richness are important to support conservation actions for
strategic areas. To increase knowledge about the herpetofauna of the Cerrado biome, we …

Soy expansion, environment, and human development: an analysis across Brazilian municipalities

S Piras, VJ Wesz Jr, S Ghinoi - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the last decades, Brazil has become one of the largest soybean producers and exporters
in the world. Although dedicated policies have been implemented since the 1960s, the …

Cascade effect of nitrogen on Brazilian soybean production chain

VT Rezende, T Bonaudo, RB Alves, RA Nacimento… - Nitrogen, 2021 - mdpi.com
Soybean is one of the most traded products. Naturally, soy fixes nitrogen through biological
symbiosis. Its cultivation transforms natural inert atomic nitrogen into its reactive forms. The …