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The configuration of forest cover in Ribeirão Preto: A diagnosis of Brazil's forest code implementation
(2020-07-01)
The fragmentation of forests is a consequence of human activities that intensively change the natural landscapes. In Brazil, there is a long-standing legal framework for native vegetation protection, called Forest Code. ...
Limits of Brazil's Forest Code as a means to end illegal deforestation
(Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrasilENG - DEPARTAMENTO DE ENGENHARIA PRODUÇÃOIGC - DEPARTAMENTO DE CARTOGRAFIAUFMG, 2017-05-24)
Density and microhabitat preference of the Southern Bristle-Tyrant (Phylloscartes eximius): Conservation policy implications
(2016-11-01)
Demographic and habitat preference studies are of paramount importance for conservation of birds, which is urgent in the mostly devastated Atlantic Forest. Moreover, these studies can indicate microhabitats that deserve ...
Appropriations, conflicts and subversions: the social construction of the brazilian forest code
(Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrasilENG - DEPARTAMENTO DE ENGENHARIA PRODUÇÃOFAF - DEPARTAMENTO DE HISTÓRIAUFMG, 2020)
Costuma-se dizer que o Brasil possui algumas das leis florestais mais avançadas do mundo, mas essa forte legislação raramente se traduzem uma governança ambiental eficaz. Para entender os desafios na implementação de ...
Threshold responses of Amazonian stream fishes to timing and extent of deforestation
(2018-08-01)
Deforestation is a primary driver of biodiversity change through habitat loss and fragmentation. Stream biodiversity may not respond to deforestation in a simple linear relationship. Rather, threshold responses to extent ...
Operationalizing payments for ecosystem services in Brazil's sugarcane belt: How do stakeholder opinions match with successful cases in Latin America?
(2016-12-01)
In this paper the initial draft design of a payment for ecosystem services (PES) scheme in a municipality within the sugarcane belt of São Paulo state, Brazil (PES-RC), is compared with prevailing characteristics of ...
The buffer capacity of riparian vegetation to control water quality in anthropogenic catchments from a legally protected area: A critical view over the Brazilian new forest code
(2019-01-01)
The riparian buffer width on watersheds has been modified over the last decades. The human settlements heavily used and have significantly altered those areas, for farming, urbanization, recreation and other functions. In ...