Search Results - "Silva Junior, Celso H.L."
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Protected areas are effective on curbing fires in the Amazon
Published in Ecological economics (01-12-2023)“…The assessment of whether protected areas (PAs) inhibit environmentally damaging fires is challenged by three sources of bias: (i) non-random site protection,…”
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The 2020 Brazilian Pantanal fires
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21st Century drought-related fires counteract the decline of Amazon deforestation carbon emissions
Published in Nature communications (13-02-2018)“…Tropical carbon emissions are largely derived from direct forest clearing processes. Yet, emissions from drought-induced forest fires are, usually, not…”
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The carbon sink of secondary and degraded humid tropical forests
Published in Nature (London) (16-03-2023)“…The globally important carbon sink of intact, old-growth tropical humid forests is declining because of climate change, deforestation and degradation from fire…”
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Large carbon sink potential of secondary forests in the Brazilian Amazon to mitigate climate change
Published in Nature communications (19-03-2021)“…Tropical secondary forests sequester carbon up to 20 times faster than old-growth forests. This rate does not capture spatial regrowth patterns due to…”
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The Brazilian Amazon deforestation rate in 2020 is the greatest of the decade
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Revealing the spatial variation in biomass uptake rates of Brazil’s secondary forests
Published in ISPRS journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing (01-02-2024)“…Monitoring forest aboveground biomass (AGB) is essential for quantifying the carbon cycle and mitigating climate change. Tropical secondary forests are…”
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Declining Amazon biomass due to deforestation and subsequent degradation losses exceeding gains
Published in Global change biology (01-02-2023)“…In the Amazon, deforestation and climate change lead to increased vulnerability to forest degradation, threatening its existing carbon stocks and its capacity…”
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Amazon forest on the edge of collapse in the Maranhão State, Brazil
Published in Land use policy (01-09-2020)“…•Maranhão state lose 76 % of its original Amazon forest cover (75,895 km2).•Only 35 % of forest remnants correspond to core areas (8302 km2).•End of violence…”
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Large scale multi-layer fuel load characterization in tropical savanna using GEDI spaceborne lidar data
Published in Remote sensing of environment (01-01-2022)“…Quantifying fuel load over large areas is essential to support integrated fire management initiatives in fire-prone regions to preserve carbon stock,…”
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Mapping tropical forest degradation with deep learning and Planet NICFI data
Published in Remote sensing of environment (01-12-2023)“…Tropical rainforests from the Brazilian Amazon are frequently degraded by logging, fire, edge effects and minor unpaved roads. However, mapping the extent of…”
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Amazonian forest degradation must be incorporated into the COP26 agenda
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Beyond trees: Mapping total aboveground biomass density in the Brazilian savanna using high-density UAV-lidar data
Published in Forest ecology and management (01-07-2021)“…•UAV-lidar collects data sensitive to vegetation structure in tropical savanna.•First study to map total aboveground biomass density (AGBt) from UAV-lidar in…”
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Quantifying landscape fragmentation and forest carbon dynamics over 35 years in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Published in Environmental research letters (01-03-2024)“…The Brazilian Atlantic Forest (AF) covers 13% of Brazil but retains only 26% of its original forest area. Utilizing a Morphological Spatial Pattern Analysis…”
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Brazilian Amazon indigenous territories under deforestation pressure
Published in Scientific reports (10-04-2023)“…Studies showed that Brazilian Amazon indigenous territories (ITs) are efficient models for preserving forests by reducing deforestation, fires, and related…”
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Benchmark maps of 33 years of secondary forest age for Brazil
Published in Scientific data (14-08-2020)“…The restoration and reforestation of 12 million hectares of forests by 2030 are amongst the leading mitigation strategies for reducing carbon emissions within…”
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Northeast Brazil's imperiled Cerrado
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Mapping Tropical Forest Cover and Deforestation with Planet NICFI Satellite Images and Deep Learning in Mato Grosso State (Brazil) from 2015 to 2021
Published in Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) (01-01-2023)“…Monitoring changes in tree cover for assessment of deforestation is a premise for policies to reduce carbon emission in the tropics. Here, a U-net deep…”
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Spatio-temporal variation in dry season determines the Amazonian fire calendar
Published in Environmental research letters (01-12-2021)“…Fire is one of the main anthropogenic drivers that threatens the Amazon. Despite the clear link between rainfall and fire, the spatial and temporal…”
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Intercomparison of Burned Area Products and Its Implication for Carbon Emission Estimations in the Amazon
Published in Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) (01-12-2020)“…Carbon (C) emissions from forest fires in the Amazon during extreme droughts may correspond to more than half of the global emissions resulting from land cover…”
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