Land use/cover change (LUCC), as an important factor in global change, is a topic that has
recently received considerable attention in the prospective modeling domain. There are …

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 …

Reducing carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation now constitutes an
important strategy for mitigating climate change, particularly in developing countries with …

Abstract The Brazilian Amazon forest is tremendously important for its ecosystem services
but attribution of economically measurable values remains scarce. Mapping these values is …

Concessions that grant logging rights to firms support economic development based on
forest resources. Eco-certifications put sustainability restrictions on the operations of those …

Forests, through the regulation of regional water balances, provide a number of ecosystem
services, including water for agriculture, hydroelectric power generation, navigation …

Artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) poses threats to biodiversity and to the health and
well-being of human communities. However, ASGM also economically supports several …

Mapping anthropogenic forest disturbances has largely been focused on distinct
delineations of events of deforestation using optical satellite images. In the tropics, frequent …

The Brazil nut (the seeds of the rainforest tree Bertholletia excelsa) is the only globally
traded seed collected from the wild by forest-based harvesters across the Amazon basin …

Abstract Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) contribute to the livelihoods of more than 6
million households in the Brazilian Amazon. Of the three most important NTFPs in the …