The ecological functions restoration in agricultural areas is a major challenge on a
landscape scale. In the specific case of active restoration through Agroforestry Systems …

Despite having the richest biodiversity in the world, Brazil has lost vegetation cover in all
biomes, with the agribusiness being an important driver of such changes. Different …

Cities are highly complex, inter-connected social-ecological systems, encompassing social,
built and natural/semi-natural components. They interact with their surrounding extra-urban …

The present study addressed the problem of urban expansion in a large metropolis of Brazil
(ARRP–Administrative Region of Ribeirão Preto), relating the evolution of urbanization in …

Abstract Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) globally addresses land use-tenure-
restoration tradeoffs. The Atlantic Forest Connection Projetc, a Brazilian collaborative …

This study addresses the financial sustainability challenge of integrated watershed
management (IWM) in regions with inadequate water service tariffs. A novel water service …

The objective of this study was to assess the risk of groundwater contamination in the state
of Espírito Santo (Brazil), with a focus on the city of Vitória (the state capital), based on the so …

Conservation programs around the world aim to balance social equity, economic efficiency,
and conservation outcomes. Tradeoffs among these three objectives necessarily exist but …

This study investigates the hydrological dynamics of the Pativilca Basin in the Southern
Hemisphere using the SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) model. Seventy-seven …

Runoff has shaped the Earth into watersheds, and humans have appropriated many of them.
Since then, societies have settled on and used the watersheds and their resources to …