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Effects of land use and land cover on water quality of low-order streams in Southeastern Brazil: Watershed versus riparian zone by Mello, Kaline de, Valente, Roberta Averna, Randhir, Timothy O., dos Santos, André Cordeiro Alves, Vettorazzi, Carlos Alberto

“…Land-use/land-cover (LULC) pattern influences water quality, however, this relation may be different for various spatial scales. We evaluated the LULC effects…”
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Impacts of tropical forest cover on water quality in agricultural watersheds in southeastern Brazil by Mello, Kaline de, Valente, Roberta Averna, Randhir, Timothy O., Vettorazzi, Carlos Alberto

“…•Watersheds primarily covered by forest have better water quality than others.•Forest cover in agricultural watersheds help to keep water clean.•Agriculture…”
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Protected areas and agricultural expansion: Biodiversity conservation versus economic growth in the Southeast of Brazil by Moraes, Mayra Cristina Prado de, Mello, Kaline de, Toppa, Rogério Hartung

“…The conversion of natural ecosystems to agricultural land and urban areas plays a threat to the protected areas and the natural ecosystems conservation. The…”
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Multiscale land use impacts on water quality: Assessment, planning, and future perspectives in Brazil by Mello, Kaline de, Taniwaki, Ricardo Hideo, Paula, Felipe Rossetti de, Valente, Roberta Averna, Randhir, Timothy O., Macedo, Diego Rodrigues, Leal, Cecília Gontijo, Rodrigues, Carolina Bozetti, Hughes, Robert M.

“…Brazil contains the largest volume of freshwater of any nation in the world; however, this essential natural resource is threatened by rapid increases in water…”
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Multicriteria Evaluation for Protected Area Definition Aiming at Water Quality Improvement by Mello, Kaline de, Costa, Danilo Ribeiro da, Valente, Roberta Averna, Vettorazzi, Carlos Alberto

“…ABSTRACT This study aimed to define potential areas for forest conservation to improve water quality, using Multicriteria Evaluation (MCE); and to verify…”
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Effects of forest cover pattern on water quality of low-order streams in an agricultural landscape in the Pirapora river basin, Brazil by de Mello, Kaline, Valente, Roberta Averna, Ribeiro, Marina Pannunzio, Randhir, Timothy

“…Low-order streams are important places for river formation and are highly vulnerable to changes in terrestrial ecosystems. Thus, the land-use/land-cover plays…”
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Riparian restoration for protecting water quality in tropical agricultural watersheds by Mello, Kaline de, Randhir, Timothy O., Valente, Roberta Averna, Vettorazzi, Carlos Alberto

“…•The watershed model simulated streamflow and water quality processes to acceptable levels.•Subwatersheds with agricultural and residential areas had higher…”
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Achieving private conservation targets in Brazil through restoration and compensation schemes without impairing productive lands by Mello, Kaline de, Fendrich, Arthur Nicolaus, Sparovek, Gerd, Simmonds, Jeremy S., Maron, Martine, Tavares, Paulo André, Brites, Alice Dantas, Rodrigues, Ricardo Ribeiro, Joly, Carlos Alfredo, Metzger, Jean Paul

“…•Forest restoration and compensation are needed to reach the target of native vegetation cover in private lands.•Requiring ecological equivalence can restrict…”
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Integrating ecological equivalence for native vegetation compensation: A methodological approach by Mello, Kaline de, Fendrich, Arthur Nicolaus, Borges-Matos, Clarice, Brites, Alice Dantas, Tavares, Paulo André, da Rocha, Gustavo Casoni, Matsumoto, Marcelo, Rodrigues, Ricardo Ribeiro, Joly, Carlos Alfredo, Sparovek, Gerd, Metzger, Jean Paul

“…Although offsetting schemes may avoid biodiversity loss, the implementation of these schemes can be challenging, given the difficulty of balancing biodiversity…”
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Biomonitoring for Watershed Protection from a Multiscale Land-Use Perspective by de Mello, Kaline, Taniwaki, Ricardo Hideo, Macedo, Diego Rodrigues, Leal, Cecília Gontijo, Randhir, Timothy O

“…The types and intensification of land use in the watershed affect the living organisms in aquatic ecosystems differently; this impact will also vary according…”
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ANÁLISE DA PAISAGEM DE UMA ZONA DE AMORTECIMENTO COMO SUBSÍDIO PARA O PLANEJAMENTO E GESTÃO DE UNIDADES DE CONSERVAÇÃO by Moraes, Mayra Cristina Prado de, Mello, Kaline de, Toppa, Rogério Hartung

“…O principal objetivo deste estudo foi diagnosticar o cenário ambiental atual e um cenário legal da Zona de Amortecimento (ZA) do Parque Estadual de Porto…”
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PRIORITY AREAS FOR FOREST CONSERVATION IN AN URBAN LANDSCAPE AT THE TRANSITION BETWEEN ATLANTIC FOREST AND CERRADO by Mello, Kaline de, Toppa, Rogério Hartung, Cardoso-Leite, Eliana

“…ABSTRACT Urbanization and agriculture growth are some of the major causes of natural ecosystems depletion and biodiversity loss. Conservation efforts can be…”
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The São Paulo State (Brazil) Ecological Fiscal Transfer: Distributive and environmental effects by de Mello, Kaline, Tavares, Paulo André, Von Glehn, Helena de Queiroz Carrascosa, Nalon, Marco Aurélio, Sparovek, Gerd

“…To restore 12 million hectares of native vegetation in Brazil by 2030, aligning environmental policies with incentive measures is crucial. The Ecological…”
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Science and environmental policy establishment: the case of the Forest Act in the State of São Paulo, Brazil by Mello, Kaline de, Brites, Alice, Borges-Matos, Clarice, Tavares, Paulo André, Metzger, Jean Paul, Rodrigues, Ricardo Ribeiro, Santos, Zenilda Ledo dos, Joly, Carlos Alfredo, Sparovek, Gerd

“…Abstract Natural ecosystems are under severe threat worldwide and environmental policies are essential to minimize present and future impacts on biodiversity,…”
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Unfolding additional massive cutback effects of the Native Vegetation Protection Law on Legal Reserves, Brazil by Tavares, Paulo André, Brites, Alice Dantas, Sparovek, Gerd, Guidotti, Vinícius, Cerignoni, Felipe, Aguiar, Daniel, Metzger, Jean Paul, Rodrigues, Ricardo Ribeiro, Pinto, Luis Fernando Guedes, Mello, Kaline de, Molin, Paulo Guilherme

“…The Native Vegetation Protection Law - 2012 - (NVPL) is the main Brazilian regulation for protecting native vegetation (NV) on private land. The NVPL,…”
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Protected areas and forest fragmentation: sustainability index for prioritizing fragments for landscape restoration by De Matos, Tatiana Possati Vieira, De Matos, Veridiana Possati Vieira, De Mello, Kaline, Valente, Roberta Averna

“…Tropical forests are threatened due to forest clearing and fragmentation which lead to a decrease in forest cover area and landscape connectivity, while also…”
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Avaliação da estrutura da paisagem visando à conservação da biodiversidade em paisagem urbanizada by Ribeiro, Marina Pannunzio, Mello, Kaline De, Valente, Roberta Averna

“…Considerando que a expansão urbana e o aumento das atividades antrópicas geram perda e fragmentação dos hábitats naturais, ameaçando a biodiversidade, a…”
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Science-based Stakeholder Dialogue for Environmental Policy Implementation by Brites, Alice Dantas, de Mello, Kaline, Tavares, Paulo André, Metzger, Jean Paul, Rodrigues, Ricardo Ribeiro, Molin, Paulo Guilherme, Pinto, Luís Fernando Guedes, Joly, Carlos Alfredo, Fernandes, João Francisco Adrien, Machado, Frederico Soares, Trani, Eduardo, Sparovek, Gerd

“…Science-based stakeholder dialogue is a strategy to bring science closer to decision-making with increasing importance for the design of environmental…”
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PRIORITY AREAS FOR FOREST CONSERVATION, AIMING AT THE MAINTENANCE OF WATER RESOURCES, THROUGH THE MULTICRITERIA EVALUATION1 by Silva, Victor A M, Mello, Kaline de, Vettorazzi, Carlos Alberto, Costa, Danilo Ribeiro da, Valente, Roberta Averna

“…Abstract Replacing the original land cover by other land uses, especially when it is associated with inadequate management practices, can cause changes in…”
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Cenários ambientais para o ordenamento territorial de áreas de preservação permanente no município de Sorocaba, SP by Mello, Kaline de, Petri, Laís, Leite, Eliana Cardoso, Toppa, Rogério Hartung

“…Este estudo objetivou analisar a importância das Áreas de Preservação Permanente (APP) para a manutenção dos remanescentes florestais no município de Sorocaba,…”
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