Extreme weather events and failure to adapt to the likely impacts of climate change are two of the most significant threats to humanity. Therefore, many local communities are preparing …
WF Laurance - Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 2015 - BioOne
I highlight new and emerging threats to tropical forests, the world's most biologically diverse ecosystems. The drivers of tropical forest destruction and key perils to biodiversity have …
MD Liliana - The origins of cocaine, 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
For decades coca cultivation has been proposed as a cause of deforestation and attractor of migration to the forest frontier of western Amazonia. Evaluating the effects of coca cultivation …
S Torrecilha, RM Gonçalves, RR Laps… - Iheringia. Série …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
RESUMO Nós avaliamos os registros de espécies ameaçadas de extinção nas unidades de conservação do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul com o objetivo de construir uma base de …
A Graham - Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 2015 - JSTOR
In the Cretaceous there were eight New World terrestrial ecosystems that were distinct or only shadowy versions of those present today. Now, 65 Ma later, 12 ecosystems constitute …
Rigorous evaluations of conservation investments are essential to identify which initiatives work and in what contexts, but are often lacking. Protected Area assessments in particular …