The system can be used as a reference and can be applied to any settlement of the country and aims to operationalize the monitoring of deforestation, forest degradation and land use in the settlements and properties associated with PAS.
Policy, drought and fires combine to affect biodiversity in the Amazon basin
Policy, drought and fires combine to affect biodiversity in the Amazon basin
The Amazon basin contains the largest continuous area of tropical rainforests in the world, and has a crucial role in regulating Earth’s climate1. Rates of tropical-rainforest deforestation and the impacts of fire and drought there are well established2,3. Less is...