Authors
Joice Ferreira, Luiz EOC Aragão, Jos Barlow, Paulo Barreto, Erika Berenguer, Mercedes Bustamante, Toby A Gardner, Alexander C Lees, Andre Lima, Julio Louzada, Renata Pardini, Luke Parry, Carlos A Peres, Paulo S Pompeu, Marcelo Tabarelli, Jansen Zuanon
Publication date
2014/11/7
Journal
Science
Volume
346
Issue
6210
Pages
706-707
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Description
Over the past two decades, Brazil has emerged as an environmental leader, playing a prominent role in international fora such as the United Nations (UN) Conferences on Sustainable Development. The country has earned praise for the expansion of its protected area (PA) network and reductions in Amazon deforestation. Yet these successes are being compromised by development pressures and shifts in legislation. We highlight concerns for the newly elected government regarding development of major infrastructure and natural resource extraction projects in PAs and indigenous lands (ILs).
Scholar articles
J Ferreira, LEOC Aragão, J Barlow, P Barreto… - Science, 2014