Tropical Dry Forests

Considering land use complexity and overlap is critical for sustainability planning

Land use is both a driver and a lever to address sustainability challenges like biodiversity loss, climate change, and food security. …
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Improving the estimation of grazing pressure in tropical rangelands
Livestock grazing is a key land use globally, with major environmental impacts, yet the spatial footprint of grazing remains elusive, …
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Hunting and habitat destruction drive widespread functional declines of top predators in a global deforestation hotspot

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We investigated the effects of habitat destruction and hunting on the functional decline of top predators, specifically jaguar and …
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Links between deforestation, conservation areas and conservation funding in major deforestation regions of South America
  1. Land-use change is a major driver of biodiversity loss, affecting tropical forests and savannas at an unprecedented rate. To protect …
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Moving beyond simplistic representations of land use in conservation
Land use is both a major cause of the biodiversity crises and a potential solution to it. Decisions about land use are made in complex …
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Mapping opportunities and barriers for coexistence between people and pumas in the Argentine Dry Chaco

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The persistence of large carnivore populations depends on their survival outside protected areas, where they often impact local …
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Troubled waters at the frontier: Mapping forest-dependent people's access to surface water in the Dry Chaco
Several studies have demonstrated that agricultural commodity frontier expansion impacts local populations’ access to terrestrial …
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What is still at stake in the Gran Chaco? Social-ecological impacts of alternative land-system futures in a global deforestation hotspot
Commodity agriculture continues to spread into tropical dry forests globally, eroding their social-ecological integrity. Understanding …
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An actor-centered, scalable land system typology for addressing biodiversity loss in the world’s tropical dry woodlands
Land use is a key driver of the ongoing biodiversity crisis and therefore also a major opportunity for its mitigation. However, …
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Silvopastoral management for lowering trade-offs between beef production and carbon storage in tropical dry woodlands
Tropical dry woodlands and savannas harbour high levels of biodiversity and carbon, but are also important regions for agricultural …
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