Keyword

Amazon deforestation

Description: Amazon deforestation is the clearing or conversion of forest in the Amazon region, examined for its ecological, climatic, and economic effects.

Primary topic: Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (44%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q5251697

OpenAlex ID: keywords/amazon-deforestation

Large-scale impoverishment of Amazonian forests by logging and fire

1999 · Daniel C. Nepstad, Adalberto Verssimo, et al. · Nature · 1,341

Modelling conservation in the Amazon basin

2006 · Britaldo Silveira Soares-Filho, Daniel Curtis Nepstad, et al. · Nature · 1,265

Deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia: History, Rates, and Consequences

2005 · PHILIP M. FEARNSIDE · Conservation Biology · 1,248

Slowing Amazon deforestation through public policy and interventions in beef and soy supply chains

2014 · Daniel Nepstad, David McGrath, et al. · Science · 1,187

Cropland expansion changes deforestation dynamics in the southern Brazilian Amazon

2006 · Douglas C. Morton, Ruth S. DeFries, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1,081

Selective Logging in the Brazilian Amazon

2005 · Gregory P. Asner, David E. Knapp, et al. · Science · 1,051

Land-use and climate change risks in the Amazon and the need of a novel sustainable development paradigm

2016 · Carlos A. Nobre, Gilvan Sampaio, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 994

Amazon Deforestation and Climate Change

1990 · J. Shukla, C. Nobre, et al. · Science · 970

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Inhibition of Amazon Deforestation and Fire by Parks and Indigenous Lands

2006 · D. NEPSTAD, S. SCHWARTZMAN, et al. · Conservation Biology · 961

Amazonian Deforestation and Regional Climate Change

1991 · Carlos A. Nobre, Piers J. Sellers, et al. · Journal of Climate · 951

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21st Century drought-related fires counteract the decline of Amazon deforestation carbon emissions

2018 · Luiz E. O. C. Aragão, Liana O. Anderson, et al. · Nature Communications · 901

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Observations of increased tropical rainfall preceded by air passage over forests

2012 · D. V. Spracklen, S. R. Arnold, et al. · Nature · 701

Brazil's Soy Moratorium

2015 · H. K. Gibbs, L. Rausch, et al. · Science · 673

The role of pasture and soybean in deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon

2010 · Elizabeth Barona, Navin Ramankutty, et al. · Environmental Research Letters · 668

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Roads, deforestation, and the mitigating effect of protected areas in the Amazon

2014 · Christopher P. Barber, Mark A. Cochrane, et al. · Biological Conservation · 656

Evolution of the global virtual water trade network

2012 · Carole Dalin, Megan Konar, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 599

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Globalization of the Amazon Soy and Beef Industries: Opportunities for Conservation

2006 · DANIEL C. NEPSTAD, CLAUDIA M. STICKLER, et al. · Conservation Biology · 575

World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2021

2021 · William J Ripple, Christopher Wolf, et al. · BioScience · 530

The Brazilian Amazon deforestation rate in 2020 is the greatest of the decade

2020 · Celso H. L. Silva Junior, Ana C. M. Pessôa, et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution · 517

The local and global effects of Amazon deforestation

2002 · David Werth, Roni Avissar · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 455

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Regional climate change over eastern Amazonia caused by pasture and soybean cropland expansion

2007 · Gilvan Sampaio, Carlos Nobre, et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 423

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Simulation of the regional climatic impact of Amazon deforestation

1989 · J. Lean, D. A. Warrilow · Nature · 417

Beyond diversity loss and climate change: Impacts of Amazon deforestation on infectious diseases and public health

2020 · JOEL HENRIQUE ELLWANGER, BRUNA KULMANN-LEAL, et al. · Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências · 414

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Soil carbon changes from conversion of forest to pasture in Brazilian Amazonia

1998 · Philip M Fearnside, Reinaldo Imbrozio Barbosa · Forest Ecology and Management · 383

Brazil’s new president and ‘ruralists’ threaten Amazonia’s environment, traditional peoples and the global climate

2019 · Lucas Ferrante, Philip M Fearnside · Environmental Conservation · 359

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Works count: 6,004

Citation count: 52,220