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Drivers of land-use change
Explaining the stickiness of supply chain relations in the Brazilian soybean trade
The global trade of agricultural commodities has profound social-ecological impacts, from potentially increasing food availability and …
Tiago N. P. dos Reis
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Vivian Ribeiro
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Rachael D. Garrett
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Tobias Kuemmerle
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Philippe Rufin
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Vinicius Guidotti
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Pedro C. Amaral
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Patrick Meyfroidt
DOI
Frontier metrics for a process-based understanding of deforestation dynamics
Agricultural expansion into tropical and subtropical forests often leads to major social-ecological trade-offs. Yet, despite ever-more …
Matthias Baumann
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Nestor Ignacio Gasparri
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Ana Buchadas
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Julian Oeser
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Patrick Meyfroidt
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Christian Levers
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Alfredo Romero-Muñoz
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Yann le Polain de Waroux
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Daniel Muller
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Tobias Kuemmerle
DOI
Agents of Forest Disturbance in the Argentine Dry Chaco
Forest degradation in the tropics is a widespread, yet poorly understood phenomenon. This is particularly true for tropical and …
Teresa De Marzo
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Nestor Ignacio Gasparri
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Eric F. Lambin
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Tobias Kuemmerle
DOI
Conservation frontiers: understanding the geographic expansion of conservation
Land-use frontiers, such as agriculture expanding into forests, remain a major driver of biodiversity loss, and often lead to …
Ana Buchadas
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Siyu Qin
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Patrick Meyfroidt
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Tobias Kuemmerle
DOI
Disentangling the numbers behind agriculture-driven tropical deforestation
Tropical deforestation continues at alarming rates with profound impacts on ecosystems, climate, and livelihoods, prompting renewed …
Florence Pendrill
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Toby A. Gardner
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Patrick Meyfroidt
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U. Martin Persson
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Justine Adams
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Tasso Azevedo
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Mairon G. Bastos Lima
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Matthias Baumann
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Philip G. Curtis
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Veronique De Sy
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Rachel Garrett
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Javier Godar
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Elizabeth Dow Goldman
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Matthew C. Hansen
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Robert Heilmayr
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Martin Herold
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Tobias Kuemmerle
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Michael J. Lathuilliere
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Vivian Ribeiro
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Alexandra Tyukavina
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Mikaela J. Weisse
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Chris West
DOI
Localized versus wide-ranging effects of the post-Soviet wars in the Caucasus on agricultural abandonment
Wars are frequent and can affect land use substantially, but the effects of wars can vary greatly depending on their characteristics, …
Johanna Buchner
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Van Butsic
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He Yin
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Tobias Kuemmerle
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Matthias Baumann
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Nugzar Zazanashvili
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Jared Stapp
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Volker C. Radeloff
DOI
Societal drought vulnerability and the Syrian climate-conflict nexus are better explained by agriculture than meteorology
Droughts are often suspected to increase the risk of violent conflict through agricultural production shocks, and existing studies …
Lina Eklund
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Ole Magnus Theisen
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Matthias Baumann
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Andreas Forø Tollefsen
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Tobias Kuemmerle
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Jonas Østergaard Nielsen
DOI
Ten facts about land systems for sustainability
Land use is central to addressing sustainability issues, including biodiversity conservation, climate change, food security, poverty …
Patrick Meyfroidt
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Ariane de Bremond
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Casey M. Ryan
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Emma Archer
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Richard Aspinall
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Abha Chhabra
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Gilberto Camara
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Esteve Corbera
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Ruth DeFries
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Sandra Diaz
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Jinwei Dong
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Erle C. Ellis
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Karl-Heinz Erb
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Janet A. Fisher
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Rachel D. Garrett
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Nancy E. Golubiewski
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H. Ricardo Grau
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J. Morgan Grove
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Helmut Haberl
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Andreas Heinimann
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Patrick Hostert
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Esteban G. Jobbagy
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Suzi Kerr
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Tobias Kuemmerle
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Eric F. Lambin
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Sandra Lavorel
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Sharachandra Lele
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Ole Mertz
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Peter Messerli
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Graciela Metternicht
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Darla K. Munroe
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Harini Nagendra
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Jonas Ostergaard Nielsen
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Dennis S. Ojima
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Dawn Cassandra Parker
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Unai Pascual
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John R. Porter
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Navin Ramankutty
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Anette Reenberg
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Rinku Roy Chowdhury
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Karen C. Seto
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Verena Seufert
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Hideaki Shibata
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Allison Thomson
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Billie L. Turner II
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Jotaro Urabe
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Tom Veldkamp
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Peter H. Verburg
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Gete Zeleke
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Erasmus K. H. J. zu Ermgassen
DOI
Uncovering major types of deforestation frontiers across the world’s tropical dry woodlands
Tropical dry woodlands are rapidly being lost to agricultural expansion, but how deforestation dynamics play out in these woodlands …
Ana Buchadas
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Matthias Baumann
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Patrick Meyfroidt
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Tobias Kuemmerle
DOI
Tropical forest loss enhanced by large-scale land acquisitions
Tropical forests are vital for global biodiversity, carbon storage and local livelihoods, yet they are increasingly under threat from …
Kyle Frankel Davis
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Heejin Irene Koo
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Jampel Dell'Angelo
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Paolo D'Odorico
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Lyndon Estes
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Laura J. Kehoe
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Milad Kharratzadeh
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Tobias Kuemmerle
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Domingos Machava
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Aurelio de Jesus Rodrigues Pais
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Natasha Ribeiro
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Maria Cristina Rulli
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Mokganedi Tatlhego
DOI
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