Slowing Amazon deforestation through public policy and interventions in beef and soy supply chains

D Nepstad, D McGrath, C Stickler, A Alencar… - science, 2014 - science.org
The recent 70% decline in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon suggests that it is possible
to manage the advance of a vast agricultural frontier. Enforcement of laws, interventions in …

Envisioning REDD+ in a post‐Paris era: Between evolving expectations and current practice

E Turnhout, A Gupta… - Wiley …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
From its advent in 2005 within global climate change negotiations, reducing carbon
emissions from deforestation and other forest‐related activities (so‐called REDD+) has been …

Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition

DS Karp, R Chaplin-Kramer… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The idea that noncrop habitat enhances pest control and represents a win–win opportunity
to conserve biodiversity and bolster yields has emerged as an agroecological paradigm …

Sacred groves, sacrifice zones and soy production: globalization, intensification and neo-nature in South America

G de LT Oliveira, SB Hecht - Soy, Globalization, and …, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
Soy has become one of the world's most important agroindustrial commodities–serving as
the nexus for the production of food, animal feed, fuel and hundreds of industrial products …

LivestockPlus: The sustainable intensification of forage-based agricultural systems to improve livelihoods and ecosystem services in the tropics

IM Rao, M Peters, A Castro, R Schultze-Kraft, D White… - 2015 - cgspace.cgiar.org
As global demand for livestock products (such as meat, milk, and eggs) is expected to
double by 2050, necessary increases to future production must be reconciled with negative …

Blockchain acceptance rate prediction in the resilient supply chain with hybrid system dynamics and machine learning approach

P Roozkhosh, A Pooya, R Agarwal - Operations Management Research, 2023 - Springer
In today's era, the importance and implementation of blockchain networks have become
feasible as it improves the resilience of the supply chain network at all levels by clarifying …

Scaling up zero-deforestation initiatives through public-private partnerships: A look inside post-conflict Colombia

PR Furumo, EF Lambin - Global Environmental Change, 2020 - Elsevier
The rise of public and private zero-deforestation commitments is opening a new
collaborative space in global forest governance. Governments seeking to reduce national …

Degradation in carbon stocks near tropical forest edges

R Chaplin-Kramer, I Ramler, R Sharp… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Carbon stock estimates based on land cover type are critical for informing climate change
assessment and landscape management, but field and theoretical evidence indicates that …

[PDF][PDF] Deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia

PM Fearnside - … in Environmental Science. Oxford University Press …, 2017 - researchgate.net
The extent and rate of rainforest clearing in Brazilian Amazonia provide ample cause for
concern about the forest's future. While clearings are still small relative to the region's total …

Forest cover changes and public policy: A literature review for post-conflict Colombia

M Vanegas-Cubillos, J Sylvester, E Villarino… - Land use policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Tackling deforestation remains a significant challenge in tropical countries and even more
so in those affected by armed conflicts. This is partly because of the limited local …