The emergence of a new deforestation hotspot in Amazonia
The Brazilian Amazon is facing a deforestation boom with potentially new deforestation hotspots emerging. We have identified one of these hotspots at the margins of the BR-319, where bidding notices for paving this highway were recently announced in spite of having legal permission for it. Approxima...
Main Authors: | Guilherme A.V. Mataveli, Michel E.D. Chaves, Nathaniel A. Brunsell, Luiz E.O.C. Aragão |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-01-01
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Series: | Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S253006442100002X |
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