How can these lessons be applied to current and future conservation strategies?

Oct 7, 2021 ... This report consolidates the main findings of the academic literature that rigorously evaluates policies aimed at combating deforestation in the Brazilian ... Mar 5, 2025 ... What's the context? South America's vulnerable Amazon rainforest region is a rising frontier for oil and gas drilling. RIO DE JANEIRO - At the ... Compared to the slow process of vegetation growth and carbon assimilation, rapid mortality, and biomass consumption by forest fires favor grass species as ... These cycles of land use, which are driven by poverty and population growth as well as government policies, have led to the rapid loss of tropical rainforests. The Amazon Rainforest is the world's richest and most-varied biological reservoir, containing several million species of insects, plants, birds, and other ... Feb 24, 2015 ... The Amazon rain forest is a dense green mass of humid jungle that covers northeast South America. But after strong winds sweep across the Sahara ... May 22, 2018 ... The response of tropical rainforests to drought—lessons from recent research and future prospects. Annals of Forest Science 73: 27–44 ... A new predictive framework for Amazon forest fire smoke dispersion over South America has been developed based on the Weather Research and Forecasting with ... Sep 1, 2015 ... Our results reveal that changes in forest fire regime properties differentially affected these three forest types in terms of area burned and fire scar size, ... Jun 22, 2012 ... Forest structure and dynamics vary across the Amazon Basin in an east-west gradient coincident with variations in soil fertility and geology.