Cracking Brazil’s Forest Code

The Brazilian Atlantic Forest: How much is left, and how is the remaining forest distributed? Implications for conservation

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Annual fluxes of carbon from deforestation and regrowth in the Brazilian Amazon

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Interactions among Amazon land use, forests and climate: prospects for a near-term forest tipping point

Nepstad, D. C., Stickler, C. M., Filho, B. S., & Merry, F. (2008) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.0036 · Cited by 725

The spatial distribution of forest biomass in the Brazilian Amazon: a comparison of estimates

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Large-scale ecological restoration of high-diversity tropical forests in SE Brazil

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Conservation Value of Remnant Riparian Forest Corridors of Varying Quality for Amazonian Birds and Mammals

Lees, A. C., & Peres, C. A. (2008) · Conservation Biology · doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00870.x · Cited by 387

Dependence of hydropower energy generation on forests in the Amazon Basin at local and regional scales

Stickler, C. M., Coe, M. T., Costa, M. H., Nepstad, D. C., McGrath, D. G., Dias, L. C. P., Rodrigues, H. O., & Soares-Filho, B. S. (2013) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1215331110 · Cited by 242

Brazilian Agriculture and Environmental Legislation: Status and Future Challenges

Sparovek, G., Berndes, G., Klug, I. L. F., & Barretto, A. (2010) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/es1007824 · Cited by 207

A hybrid analytical-heuristic method for calibrating land-use change models

Soares-Filho, B. S., Rodrigues, H. O., & Follador, M. (2013) · Environmental Modelling & Software · doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.01.010 · Cited by 168

INSTITUTIONAL SUBVERSION AND DEFORESTATION: LEARNING LESSONS FROM THE SYSTEM FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL LICENCING OF RURAL PROPERTIES IN MATO GROSSO

Rajão, R., Azevedo, A. A., & Stabile, M. C. C. (2012) · Public Administration and Development · doi:10.1002/pad.1620 · Cited by 50

Landscapes that work for biodiversity and people

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Moment of truth for the Cerrado hotspot

Strassburg, B. B. N., Brooks, T., Feltran-Barbieri, R., Iribarrem, A., Crouzeilles, R., Loyola, R., Latawiec, A. E., Oliveira Filho, F. J. B., Scaramuzza, C. A. D. M., Scarano, F. R., et al. (2017) · Nature Ecology & Evolution · doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0099 · Cited by 1,165

Global change pressures on soils from land use and management

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Area-based conservation in the twenty-first century

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

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From hotspot to hopespot: An opportunity for the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Rezende, C. L. D., Scarano, F. R., Assad, E. D., Joly, C. A., Metzger, J. P., Strassburg, B. B. N., Tabarelli, M., da Fonseca, G. A. B., & Mittermeier, R. A. (2018) · Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation · doi:10.1016/j.pecon.2018.10.002 · Cited by 925

Ten golden rules for reforestation to optimize carbon sequestration, biodiversity recovery and livelihood benefits

Sacco, A. D., Hardwick, K. A., Blakesley, D., Brancalion, P. H. S., Breman, E., Rebola, L. C., Chomba, S., Dixon, K. W., Elliott, S., Ruyonga, G., et al. (2021) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.15498 · Cited by 809

Carbon sequestration potential of second-growth forest regeneration in the Latin American tropics

Chazdon, R. L., Broadbent, E. N., Rozendaal, D. M. A., Bongers, F., Zambrano, A. M. A., Aide, T. M., Balvanera, P., Becknell, J. M., Boukili, V., Brancalion, P. H. S., et al. (2016) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.1501639 · Cited by 737

Natural regeneration as a tool for large‐scale forest restoration in the tropics: prospects and challenges

Chazdon, R. L., & Guariguata, M. R. (2016) · Biotropica · doi:10.1111/btp.12381 · Cited by 750

Brazil’s soy moratorium

Gibbs, H. K., Rausch, L., Munger, J., Schelly, I., Morton, D. C., Noojipady, P., Soares-Filho, B., Barreto, P., Micol, L., & Walker, N. F. (2015) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.aaa0181 · Cited by 676

Large‐scale degradation of Amazonian freshwater ecosystems

Castello, L., & Macedo, M. N. (2015) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.13173 · Cited by 568

Conservation in Brazil needs to include non‐forest ecosystems

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Reframing the land‐sparing/land‐sharing debate for biodiversity conservation

Kremen, C. (2015) · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1111/nyas.12845 · Cited by 528

The rotten apples of brazil’s agribusiness

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Deep into the mud: ecological and socio-economic impacts of the dam breach in Mariana, Brazil

Fernandes, G. W., Goulart, F. F., Ranieri, B. D., Coelho, M. S., Dales, K., Boesche, N. K., Bustamante, M., Carvalho, F. A., Carvalho, D. C., Dirzo, R., et al. (2016) · Natureza & Conservação · doi:10.1016/j.ncon.2016.10.003 · Cited by 410

Brazilian Atlantic forest: impact, vulnerability, and adaptation to climate change

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Biodiversity conservation gaps in the Brazilian protected areas

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Strategic approaches to restoring ecosystems can triple conservation gains and halve costs

Strassburg, B. B. N., Beyer, H. L., Crouzeilles, R., Iribarrem, A., Barros, F., de Siqueira, M. F., Sánchez-Tapia, A., Balmford, A., Sansevero, J. B. B., Brancalion, P. H. S., et al. (2018) · Nature Ecology & Evolution · doi:10.1038/s41559-018-0743-8 · Cited by 326

A critical analysis of the Native Vegetation Protection Law of Brazil (2012): updates and ongoing initiatives

Brancalion, P. H. S., Garcia, L. C., Loyola, R. A., Rodrigues, R. R., Pillar, V. D., & Lewinsohn, T. M. (2016) · Natureza & Conservação · doi:10.1016/j.ncon.2016.03.003 · Cited by 325

Cerrado ecoregions: A spatial framework to assess and prioritize Brazilian savanna environmental diversity for conservation

Sano, E. E., Rodrigues, A. D. A., Martins, É. D. S., Bettiol, G. M., Bustamante, M., Bezerra, A. S., Júnior, A. F. C., Vasconcelos, V., Schüler, J., & Bolfe, É. L. (2018) · Journal of Environmental Management · doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.11.108 · Cited by 323

Capitalismo e colapso ambiental

Marques, L. (2018) · Editora da Unicamp eBooks · doi:10.7476/9788526815032 · Cited by 314

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

Oliveira, G. D. L. T., & Hecht, S. B. (2016) · The Journal of Peasant Studies · doi:10.1080/03066150.2016.1146705 · Cited by 296

The erosion of biodiversity and biomass in the Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot

de Lima, R. A. F., de Oliveira, A. A., Pitta, G. R., de Gasper, A. L., Vibrans, A. C., Chave, J., ter Steege, H., & Prado, P. I. (2020) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20217-w · Cited by 304

The impact of Amazonian deforestation on Amazon basin rainfall

Spracklen, D. V., & Garcia‐Carreras, L. (2015) · Geophysical Research Letters · doi:10.1002/2015gl066063 · Cited by 281

Actor-specific contributions to the deforestation slowdown in the Brazilian Amazon

Godar, J., Gardner, T. A., Tizado, E. J., & Pacheco, P. (2014) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1322825111 · Cited by 280

Disentangling the pathways of land use impacts on the functional structure of fish assemblages in Amazon streams

Leitão, R. P., Zuanon, J. A. S., Mouillot, D., Leal, C. G., Hughes, R. M., Kaufmann, P. R., Villéger, S., Pompeu, P. D. S., Kasper, D., de Paula, F. R., et al. (2017) · Ecography · doi:10.1111/ecog.02845 · Cited by 277

Achieving cost‐effective landscape‐scale forest restoration through targeted natural regeneration

Crouzeilles, R., Beyer, H. L., Monteiro, L. M., Feltran‐Barbieri, R., Pessôa, A. C. M., Barros, F. S. M., Lindenmayer, D. B., Lino, E. D. D. S. M., Grelle, C. E. V., Chazdon, R. L., et al. (2020) · Conservation Letters · doi:10.1111/conl.12709 · Cited by 275

The threat of political bargaining to climate mitigation in Brazil

Rochedo, P., Soares-Filho, B. S., Schaeffer, R., Viola, E., Szklo, A. S., Lucena, A. F. P., Köberle, A. C., Davis, J. L., Rajão, R., & Rathmann, R. (2018) · Nature Climate Change · doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0213-y · Cited by 270

Can agroforestry systems enhance biodiversity and ecosystem service provision in agricultural landscapes? A meta-analysis for the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Santos, P. Z. F., Crouzeilles, R., & Sansevero, J. B. B. (2018) · Forest Ecology and Management · doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2018.10.064 · Cited by 230

The Brazilian Cerrado: assessment of water and soil degradation in catchments under intensive agricultural use

Hunke, P., Paton, E. N., Schröder, B., & Zeilhofer, P. (2014) · Ecohydrology · doi:10.1002/eco.1573 · Cited by 248

Limits of Brazil’s Forest Code as a means to end illegal deforestation

Azevedo, A. A., Rajão, R., Costa, M. A., Stabile, M. C. C., Macedo, M. N., dos Reis, T. N. P., Alencar, A. A. C., Soares-Filho, B. S., & Pacheco, R. (2017) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1604768114 · Cited by 248

Ecological restoration as a strategy for mitigating and adapting to climate change: lessons and challenges from Brazil

Bustamante, M., Silva, J. S., Scariot, A. O., Sampaio, A. B., Vieira, D. L. M., Garcia, É., Sano, E. E., Fernandes, G. W., Durigan, G., Roitman, I., et al. (2019) · Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change · doi:10.1007/s11027-018-9837-5 · Cited by 243

Brazil's environmental leadership at risk

Ferreira, J., Aragão, L. E. O. C., Barlow, J., Barreto, P., Berenguer, E., Bustamante, M., Gardner, T. A., Lees, A. C., Lima, A., Louzada, J., et al. (2014) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1260194 · Cited by 267

Why Brazil needs its Legal Reserves

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Ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change: concept, scalability and a role for conservation science

Scarano, F. R. (2017) · Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation · doi:10.1016/j.pecon.2017.05.003 · Cited by 223

Air quality and human health improvements from reductions in deforestation-related fire in Brazil

Reddington, C. L., Butt, E. W., Ridley, D. A., Artaxo, P., Morgan, W. T., Coe, H., & Spracklen, D. V. (2015) · Nature Geoscience · doi:10.1038/ngeo2535 · Cited by 244

Spatially explicit valuation of the Brazilian Amazon Forest’s Ecosystem Services

Strand, J., Soares-Filho, B. S., Costa, M. H., Oliveira, U., Ribeiro, S. M. C., Pires, G. F., Oliveira, A., Rajão, R., May, P. H., van der Hoff, R., et al. (2018) · Nature Sustainability · doi:10.1038/s41893-018-0175-0 · Cited by 237

What makes ecosystem restoration expensive? A systematic cost assessment of projects in Brazil

Brancalion, P. H. S., Meli, P., Tymus, J. R. C., Lenti, F. E. B., Benini, R. D. M., da Silva, A. P. M., Isernhagen, I., & Holl, K. D. (2019) · Biological Conservation · doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108274 · Cited by 233

Mining dense Landsat time series for separating cropland and pasture in a heterogeneous Brazilian savanna landscape

Müller, H., Rufin, P., Griffiths, P., Siqueira, A. J. B., & Hostert, P. (2014) · Remote Sensing of Environment · doi:10.1016/j.rse.2014.10.014 · Cited by 211

Degradation in carbon stocks near tropical forest edges

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Estimating the global conservation status of more than 15,000 Amazonian tree species

ter Steege, H., Pitman, N. C. A., Killeen, T. J., Laurance, W. F., Peres, C. A., Guevara, J. E., Salomão, R. P., Castilho, C. V., Amaral, I. L., de Almeida Matos, F. D., et al. (2015) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.1500936 · Cited by 205

Ecological restoration in Brazilian biomes: Identifying advances and gaps

Guerra, A., Reis, L. K., Borges, F. L. G., Ojeda, P. T. A., Pineda, D. A. M., Miranda, C. O., Maidana, D. P. F. D. L., dos Santos, T. M. R., Shibuya, P. S., Marques, M. C. M., et al. (2019) · Forest Ecology and Management · doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117802 · Cited by 203

The global extent of biodiversity offset implementation under no net loss policies

Bull, J. W., & Strange, N. (2018) · Nature Sustainability · doi:10.1038/s41893-018-0176-z · Cited by 202

Protected Areas’ Impacts on Brazilian Amazon Deforestation: Examining Conservation – Development Interactions to Inform Planning

Pfaff, A. S. P., Robalino, J., Herrera, D., & Sandoval, C. (2015) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0129460 · Cited by 200

Runoff and soil erosion plot-scale studies under natural rainfall: A meta-analysis of the Brazilian experience

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Multi-scale assessment of human-induced changes to Amazonian instream habitats

Leal, C. G., Pompeu, P. D. S., Gardner, T. A., Leitão, R. P., Hughes, R. M., Kaufmann, P. R., Zuanon, J. A. S., de Paula, F. R., Ferraz, S. F. D. B., Thomson, J. R., et al. (2016) · Landscape Ecology · doi:10.1007/s10980-016-0358-x · Cited by 197

Creating space for large‐scale restoration in tropical agricultural landscapes

Latawiec, A. E., Strassburg, B. B., Brancalion, P. H., Rodrigues, R. R., & Gardner, T. (2015) · Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment · doi:10.1890/140052 · Cited by 195

Food security

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Balancing economic costs and ecological outcomes of passive and active restoration in agricultural landscapes: the case of Brazil

Brancalion, P. H. S., Schweizer, D., Gaudaré, U., Mangueira, J. R. D. S. A., Lamonato, F. H. F., Farah, F. T., Nave, A. G., & Rodrigues, R. R. (2016) · Biotropica · doi:10.1111/btp.12383 · Cited by 188

Land use change emission scenarios: anticipating a forest transition process in the Brazilian Amazon

Aguiar, A. P., Vieira, I. C. G., Assis, T. O., Dalla-Nora, E. L., de Toledo, P. M., Santos, R. A. O., Batistella, M., Coelho, A. D. S., Savaget, E. K., Aragão, L. E. O. C., et al. (2015) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.13134 · Cited by 205

Targeted habitat restoration can reduce extinction rates in fragmented forests

Newmark, W. D., Jenkins, C. N., Pimm, S. L., McNeally, P. B., & Halley, J. M. (2017) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1705834114 · Cited by 192

Brazil’s Amazon Soy Moratorium reduced deforestation

Heilmayr, R., Rausch, L. L., Munger, J., & Gibbs, H. K. (2020) · Nature Food · doi:10.1038/s43016-020-00194-5 · Cited by 214

Agricultural land use change in the Brazilian Pampa Biome: The reduction of natural grasslands

de Oliveira, T. E., de Freitas, D. S., Gianezini, M., Ruviaro, C. F., Zago, D., Mércio, T. Z., Dias, E. A., Lampert, V. D. N., & Barcellos, J. O. J. (2017) · Land Use Policy · doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.02.010 · Cited by 195

Brazil’s conservation reform and the reduction of deforestation in Amazonia

West, T. A. P., & Fearnside, P. M. (2020) · Land Use Policy · doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105072 · Cited by 177

Four decades of land-cover, land-use and hydroclimatology changes in the Itacaiúnas River watershed, southeastern Amazon

Filho, P. W. M. E. S., de Souza, E. B., Júnior, R. O. S., Nascimento, W. R., de Mendonça, B. R. V., Guimarães, J. T. F., Dall’Agnol, R., & Siqueira, J. O. (2016) · Journal of Environmental Management · doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.11.039 · Cited by 175

System complexity and policy integration challenges: The Brazilian Energy- Water-Food Nexus

Mercure, J.-F., Paim, M., Bocquillon, P., Lindner, S., Salas, P., Martinelli, P., Berchin, I. I., Guerra, J. B. S. O. D. A., Derani, C., de Albuquerque, C. L., et al. (2019) · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.rser.2019.01.045 · Cited by 174

Brazilian politics threaten environmental policies

Fearnside, P. M. (2016) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.aag0254 · Cited by 161

Adding forests to the water–energy–food nexus

Melo, F. P. L., Parry, L., Brancalion, P. H. S., Pinto, S. R. R., Freitas, J., Manhães, A. P., Meli, P., Ganade, G., & Chazdon, R. L. (2020) · Nature Sustainability · doi:10.1038/s41893-020-00608-z · Cited by 160

The true loss caused by biodiversity offsets

Moreno‐Mateos, D., Maris, V., Béchet, A., & Curran, M. P. (2015) · Biological Conservation · doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2015.08.016 · Cited by 160

Reassessing the environmental impacts of sugarcane ethanol production in Brazil to help meet sustainability goals

Filoso, S., do Carmo, J. B., Mardegan, S. F., Lins, S. R. M., Gomes, T. F., & Martinelli, L. A. (2015) · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.rser.2015.08.012 · Cited by 156

Can carbon emissions from tropical deforestation drop by 50% in 5 years?

Zarin, D. J., Harris, N. L., Baccini, A., Aksenov, D., Hansen, M. C., Azevedo-Ramos, C., Azevedo, T., Margono, B. A., Alencar, A. A. C., Gabris, C., et al. (2015) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.13153 · Cited by 163

Payment for ecosystem services programs in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: Effective but not enough

Ruggiero, P. G. C., Metzger, J. P., Tambosi, L. R., & Nichols, E. (2018) · Land Use Policy · doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.11.054 · Cited by 157

Exploring potential impacts of mining on forest loss and fragmentation within a biodiverse region of Brazil's northeastern Amazon

Siqueira‐Gay, J., Sonter, L. J., & Sánchez, L. E. (2020) · Resources Policy · doi:10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101662 · Cited by 144

High carbon and biodiversity costs from converting Africa’s wet savannahs to cropland

Searchinger, T. D., Estes, L. D., Thornton, P. K., Beringer, T., Notenbaert, A. M. O., Rubenstein, D. I., Heimlich, R. E., Licker, R., & Herrero, M. (2015) · Nature Climate Change · doi:10.1038/nclimate2584 · Cited by 151

Soy expansion in Brazil's Cerrado

Rausch, L. L., Gibbs, H., Schelly, I. H., Brandão, A., Morton, D. C., Filho, A. C., Strassburg, B. B. N., Walker, N. F., Noojipady, P., Barreto, P., et al. (2019) · Conservation Letters · doi:10.1111/conl.12671 · Cited by 142

Green for gold: social and ecological tradeoffs influencing the sustainability of the Brazilian soy industry

Garrett, R. D., & Rausch, L. L. (2015) · The Journal of Peasant Studies · doi:10.1080/03066150.2015.1010077 · Cited by 151

A social–ecological perspective on harmonizing food security and biodiversity conservation

Wittman, H. K., Chappell, M. J., Abson, D. J., Kerr, R. B., Blesh, J., Hanspach, J., Perfecto, I., & Fischer, J. (2016) · Regional Environmental Change · doi:10.1007/s10113-016-1045-9 · Cited by 150

Governing a pioneer program on payment for watershed services: Stakeholder involvement, legal frameworks and early lessons from the Atlantic forest of Brazil

Richards, R. C., Rerolle, J., Aronson, J. C., Pereira, P., Gonçalves, H., & Brancalion, P. H. S. (2015) · Ecosystem Services · doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.09.002 · Cited by 138

Governing and Delivering a Biome-Wide Restoration Initiative: The Case of Atlantic Forest Restoration Pact in Brazil

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Funções eco-hidrológicas das florestas nativas e o Código Florestal

Tambosi, L. R., Vidal, M. M., Ferraz, S. F. D. B., & Metzger, J. P. (2015) · Estudos Avançados · doi:10.1590/s0103-40142015000200010 · Cited by 138

Brazil’s Market for Trading Forest Certificates

Soares-Filho, B. S., Rajão, R., Merry, F. D., Rodrigues, H. O., Davis, J. L., de Lima, L. S., Macedo, M. N., Coe, M. T., Carneiro, A., & Santiago, L. P. (2016) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152311 · Cited by 138

Ecosystem Services Modeling as a Tool for Defining Priority Areas for Conservation

Duarte, G. T., Ribeiro, M. C., & Paglia, A. P. (2016) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0154573 · Cited by 137

Urban Stream and Wetland Restoration in the Global South—A DPSIR Analysis

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