Correspondence:
We find your conclusion premature that there is no longer a direct correlation between food production in Brazil and deforestation in the Amazon.
Net loss of biomass predicted for tropical biomes in a changing climate
Net loss of biomass predicted for tropical biomes in a changing climate
Tropical ecosystems store over half of the world’s aboveground live carbon as biomass, and water availability plays a key role in its distribution. Although precipitation and temperature are shifting across the tropics, their effect on biomass and carbon storage...