The main challenge that the Amazon region poses is what should be done to avoid that the region will follow the fate of other tropical regions: forest destruction and poverty. The fact that most of 80 percent of the region remains as forest leaves us the opportunity to build the way towards susta...
Alencar, A.
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Nepstad, D.C.
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McGrath, D.
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Moutinho, P.
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Pacheco, P.
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Carmen Vera Diaz, M. del
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Soares Filho, B.
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[Desmatamento na Amazonia: indo alem da "emergencia cronica"]
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Desmatamento na Amazonia: indo alem da "emergencia cronica"
The Amazon forest has been converted to a matrix of pristine and modified habitats. Landscape-scale biodiversity conservation requires an understanding of species’ distributions over this matrix to guarantee both effective protection and use for present and future generations. In this study, we e...
Azevedo-Ramos, C.
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Domingues Do Amaral, B.
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Nepstad, D.C.
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Soares Filho, B.
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Nasi, Robert
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[Integrating ecosystem management, protected areas and mammal conservation in the Brazilian Amazon]
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Integrating ecosystem management, protected areas and mammal conservation in the Brazilian Amazon
The government of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil inherited, in its National Forest Program, a formidable proposal to increase the area designated to national forests (FLONAs) in the Amazon from eight to 50 million hectares by the year 2010. This objective is an ambitious and worthy conservat...
Merry, F.
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Amacher, G.S.
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Pokorny B.
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Lima, E.
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Scholz, I.
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Nepstad, D.C.
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Zweede, C.J.
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[Some doubts about concessions in Brazil: should Brazil shelve its proposed system of forest concessions?]
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Some doubts about concessions in Brazil: should Brazil shelve its proposed system of forest concessions?