Tropical Deforestation

Increasing synergistic effects of habitat destruction and hunting on mammals over three decades in the Gran Chaco
Habitat destruction and overexploitation are the main threats to biodiversity and where they co-occur, their combined impact is often …
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Protection gaps and restoration opportunities for primary forests in Europe
Primary forests are critical for forest biodiversity and provide key ecosystem services. In Europe, these forests are particularly …
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Trade‐offs between biodiversity and agriculture are moving targets in dynamic landscapes
Understanding how biodiversity responds to intensifying agriculture is critical to mitigating the trade-offs between them. These …
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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 …
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Understanding the distribution of cattle production systems in the South American Chaco
Impacts of cattle production vary among different production systems, but data on their distribution is scarce for most world regions. …
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Using occupancy models to assess the direct and indirect impacts of agricultural expansion on species’ populations
Land-use change is a global threat to biodiversity, but how land-use change affects species beyond the direct effect of habitat loss …
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Widespread and major losses in multiple ecosystem services as a result of agricultural expansion in the Argentine Chaco
Where agriculture expands into tropical and subtropical forests, social–ecological impacts are typically strong. However, where and how …
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A pivotal year for Bolivian conservation policy
As Bolivia approaches presidential elections in October 2019, the country’s environmental leadership is at stake. We discuss urgent …
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Biodiversity loss in deforestation frontiers: Linking occupancy modelling and physiological stress indicators to understand local extinctions
Tropical deforestation is a main driver of the global biodiversity crisis. Impact assessments typically focus on species’ …
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Fires scorching Bolivia's Chiquitano forest
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