Barreto, Paulo; Souza Júnior, Carlos; Noguerón, Ruth; Anderson, Anthony; Salomão, Rodney
(World Resources Institute - WRI / Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazônia - IMAZON, 2006)
The Brazilian Amazon harbors about one-third of the world’s tropical forests, an area covering some 4.1 million square kilometers. However, land-use conversion in the Brazilian Amazon is triggering forest loss and degradation ...