Soy expansion in Brazil's Cerrado

Soy expansion in Brazil's Cerrado

Abstract The Cerrado biome is Brazil's breadbasket and a major provider of ecosystem services, though these dual roles are increasingly at odds, in part because there are few mechanisms to protect remaining vegetation from large‐scale agricultural expansion. We assessed Cerrado conversion to so...

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Main Authors: Lisa L. Rausch, Holly K. Gibbs, Ian Schelly, Amintas Brandão Jr, Douglas C. Morton, Arnaldo Carneiro Filho, Bernardo Strassburg, Nathalie Walker, Praveen Noojipady, Paulo Barreto, Daniel Meyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-11-01
Series:Conservation Letters
Subjects:
Brazil
commodity agriculture
deforestation
land use change
policy analysis
property‐level analysis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12671

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https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12671

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