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Climate-related land use policies in Brazil: how much has been achieved with economic incentives in agriculture? Author(s): CARAUTA, M.; TROOST, C.; GUZMAN-BUSTAMANTE, I.; HAMPF, A.; LIBERA, A.; MEURER, K; BONECK, E.; FRANKO, U.; RODRIGUES, R. de A. R.; BERGER, T. Until 2019, the Brazilian federal government employed a number of policy measures to fulfill the pledge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from land use change and agriculture. While its forest law... ... Repository: BDPA Publication year: 2021
Sensor TTC - the La Plata River basin application: policy cases, main land use change drivers and case studies. Author(s): COUTINHO, H. L. da C. Repository: BDPA Publication year: 2008
Sustainability Impact Assessment Tools to support the development of policies leading to land use change processes: the Sensor Project approach applied to sugarcane expansion in Brazil. Author(s): COUTINHO, H. L. C.; TURETTA, A. P. D.; MARTORANO, L. G.; MONTEIRO, J.; SCHULER, A.; MEIRELLES, M. S. P. Repository: BDPA Publication year: 2010
Mapping crop producer perceptions: the role of global drivers on local agricultural land use in Brazil. Author(s): BATISTELLA, M. ABSTRACT. Agricultural trade and climate change have altered land cover and land use worldwide. For example, the recent growth of international soybean demand has been associated with 1.3 Mha primary... ... Repository: BDPA Publication year: 2023
Agricultural impacts of hydrobiogeochemical cycling in the Amazon: is there any solution? Author(s): FIGUEIREDO, R. de O.; CAK, A.; MARKEWITZ, D. Abstract: Expansion of agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon has been driven not just by demands from traditional, rural producers, but also large agriculture and cattle producers, both of whom have put... ... Repository: BDPA Publication year: 2020
Pasture evapotranspiration as indicators of degradation in the Brazilian Savanna. A case study for Alto Tocantins watershed. Author(s): ANDRADE, R. G.; TEIXEIRA, A. H. de C.; SANO, E. E.; LEIVAS, J. F.; VICTORIA, D. de C.; NOGUEIRA, S. F. The Alto Tocantins watershed, located in the Brazilian Savanna (Cerrado biome), is under an intense land use and occupation process, causing increased pressure on natural resources. Pasture areas in t... ... Repository: BDPA Publication year: 2014
Carbon storage dynamics in sugarcane, pastures, eucalyptus, coffee and citrus in the Mogi Guaçu and Pardo Watersheds, southern Brazil. Author(s): RONQUIM, C. C.; ALVAREZ, I. A. In the context of climatic changes, the observation of land use change scenarios is important to inform land use policies and also to evaluate the contribution of fitomass in carbon storage. However,... ... Repository: BDPA Publication year: 2018
Preliminary estimate of the effect of CO2 emissions from direct land use change on RenovaBio’s energy-environmental performance. Author(s): NOVAES, R. M. L.; PIGHINELLI, A. L. M. T.; MATSUURA, M. I. da S. F. Brazil’s biofuel policy (RenovaBio) aims to decarbonize the country’s fuel mix. In 2018, direct land use change (dLUC) accounted for 41% of Brazilian GHG emissions. RenovaBio restricts suppression of... ... Repository: BDPA Publication year: 2023
Evaluating the influence of soil and socioeconomic factors on agricultural efficiency. Author(s): GOMES, E. G.; FIDALGO, E. C. C.; COELHO, M. R.; OLIVEIRA, A. P. de; MARTINS, A. L. da S. Background: Given the importance of the agricultural activity for the economic development of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in this paper we assess the effect of the environmental parameters re... ... Repository: BDPA Publication year: 2023
Dynamics of agricultural expansion in areas of the Brazilian savanna between 2000 and 2019. Author(s): PEREIRA, P. R. M.; BOLFE, E. L.; RODRIGUES, T. C. S.; SANO, E. E. ABSTRACT: The information survey and the land use and land cover (LULC) change monitoring are essential to understand the changes in the landscape and their impacts on the environment. The Brazilian s... ... Repository: BDPA Publication year: 2020

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