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Brazil’s Iguaçu National Park threatened by illegal activities: predicting consequences of proposed downgrading and road construction by Prasniewski, V M, Szinwelski, N, Bertrand, A S, Martello, F, Brocardo, C R, Cuhna, J, Sperber, C F, Viana, R, dos Santos, B G, Fearnside, P M, Sobral-Souza, T

“…Abstract The spectacularly biodiverse Atlantic Forest of South America has been reduced to fragmented remnants. The largest remaining inland fragment is…”
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Brazil's political upset threatens Amazonia by Ferrante, L, Fearnside, P M

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Indigenous lands protect Brazil's agribusiness by Ferrante, L, Fearnside, P M

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Global warming and tropical land-use change : Greenhouse gas emissions from biomass burning, decomposition and soils in forest conversion, shifting cultivation and secondary vegetation by FEARNSIDE, P. M

“…The impact of deforestation on global carbon emissions is evaluated. The calculations of total net emissions of carbon indicate a major global warming impact…”
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Amazon sugar cane: A threat to the forest by Ferrante, L, Fearnside, P M

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Land-Tenure Issues as Factors in Environmental Destruction in Brazilian Amazonia: The Case of Southern Pará by Fearnside, Philip M

“…Land-tenure issues have been prominent forces driving deforestation and the spread of extensive ranching as the dominant land use in Brazilian Amazonia…”
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Inter-site variation in allometry and wood density of Goupia glabra Aubl. in Amazonia by Siliprandi, N C, Nogueira, E M, Toledo, J J, Fearnside, P M, Nascimento, H E M

“…The present study aims to compare the allometry and wood density of Goupia glabra Aubl. (Goupiaceae) in two different terra-firme sites in Amazonian forest. A…”
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Saving tropical forests as a global warming countermeasure: an issue that divides the environmental movement by Fearnside, Philip M.

“…Saving tropical forests as a global warming countermeasure has become one of the environmental movement's most divisive issues. Divisions are just as sharp as…”
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Methane stocks in tropical hydropower reservoirs as a potential energy source by Ramos, F. M, Bambace, L. A. W, Lima, I. B. T, Rosa, R. R, Mazzi, E. A, Fearnside, P. M

“…Several studies over the last decade have shown that tropical reservoirs may constitute an appreciable source of methane (CH₄) to the atmosphere. Here, we show…”
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Soil carbon changes from conversion of forest to pasture in Brazilian Amazonia by Fearnside, Philip M, Imbrozio Barbosa, Reinaldo

“…Soils in Brazilian Amazonia may contain up to 136 Gt of carbon to a depth of 8 m, of which 47 Gt are in the top meter. The current rapid conversion of…”
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Relationship between soils and Amazon forest biomass: a landscape-scale study by Laurance, William F, Fearnside, Philip M, Laurance, Susan G, Delamonica, Patricia, Lovejoy, Thomas E, Rankin-de Merona, Judy M, Chambers, Jeffrey Q, Gascon, Claude

“…Above-ground dry biomass of living trees including palms was estimated in 65 1ha plots spanning a 1000km2 landscape in central Amazonia. The study area was…”
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Preparing for Resettlement Associated with Climate Change by de Sherbinin, A., Castro, M., Gemenne, F., Cernea, M. M., Adamo, S., Fearnside, P. M., Krieger, G., Lahmani, S., Oliver-Smith, A., Pankhurst, A., Scudder, T., Singer, B., Tan, Y., Wannier, G., Boncour, P., Ehrhart, C., Hugo, G., Pandey, B., Shi, G.

“…Mitigation and adaptation projects will lead to increased population displacement, calling for new research and attention to past lessons. Although there is…”
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Increasing world consumption of beef as a driver of regional and global change: A call for policy action based on evidence from Queensland (Australia), Colombia and Brazil by McAlpine, C.A., Etter, A., Fearnside, P.M., Seabrook, L., Laurance, W.F.

“…While the global community is seeking to reduce fossil fuel consumption, a parallel but equally important issue is the environmental impacts of increased world…”
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More than CO2: a broader paradigm for managing climate change and variability to avoid ecosystem collapse by McAlpine, CA, Ryan, JG, Seabrook, L, Thomas, S, Dargusch, PJ, Syktus, JI, Pielke, RA, Etter, AE, Fearnside, PM, Laurance, WF

“…▶ Climate change policies currently focus on reducing the concentration of atmospheric greenhouse gases, but pay limited attention to biospheric forcings and…”
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Amazonian deforestation and global warming: carbon stocks in vegetation replacing Brazil's Amazon forest by Fearnside, Philip M.

“…Carbon stocks in vegetation replacing forest in Brazilian Amazonia affect net emissions of greenhouse gases from land-use change. A Markov matrix of annual…”
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Biodiversity as an environmental service in Brazil's Amazonian forests: risks, value and conservation by FEARNSIDE, PHILIP M.

“…The environmental service provided by the great biodiversity of Amazonian forests is one of several factors leading to the conclusion that much greater efforts…”
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Hydroelectric Dams in the Brazilian Amazon as Sources of ‘Greenhouse’ Gases by Fearnside, Philip M.

“…Existing hydroelectric dams in Brazilian Amazonia emitted about 0.26 million tons of methane and 38 million tons of carbon dioxide in 1990. The methane…”
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Environmental disturbances and fishes in the Amazon by Val, A. L., Fearnside, P. M., Almeida-Val, V. M. F.

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The Future of the Brazilian Amazon by Laurance, William F., Cochrane, Mark A., Bergen, Scott, Fearnside, Philip M., Delamônica, Patricia, Barber, Christopher, D'Angelo, Sammya, Fernandes, Tito

“…The Brazilian Amazon, which contains about 40% of the world's remaining tropical rainforest, has the world's highest absolute rate of forest destruction,…”
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Carbon uptake by secondary forests in Brazilian Amazonia by Fearnside, Philip M., Guimarães, Walba Malheiros

“…Estimating the contribution of deforestation to greenhouse gas emissions requires calculations of the uptake of carbon by the vegetation that replaces the…”
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