Most cited
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Fire incidence in Brazil increased in 2019−2020, with unprecedented magnitude in the Pantanal.
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Fire effects vary according to the evolutionary history of the affected ecosystem.
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A drier climate and land use changes increase the risk of wildfires throughout Brazil.
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Poor governance further exacerbates the risk and damage of wildfires.
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Fire policies must be improved by collaboration among different sectors of the society.
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The inclusion of OECMs into the post-2020 GBF may enable the recognition of other actors.
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OECMs can contribute to improve linkages between equitable and effective conservation.
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OECM’s identification, reporting and monitoring are a challenge.
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Robust guidelines, and improved monitoring, are recommended to ensure OECMs integrity.
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Climate change needs considering in seven areas of restoration design/implementation.
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These range from objective setting through to monitoring and adaptive management.
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Evidence is scant for climate change resilient restoration in practice.
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Our framework can help structure a more climate change resilient restoration approach.
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Changes in the Brazilian semi-arid coast reveal key questions to advance research.
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Changes in the semi-arid coast can have consequences in the ecological stability and connectivity.
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Modifications of the coastal dynamics can impact structure and function of adjacent marine ecosystems.
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Semi-arid coast community dynamics under ongoing climate change should be monitored.
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Beaches and nearshore mangroves erosion contrast with mangrove expansion inland.
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Mammal richness and body mass are directly and negatively affected by deforestation.
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Vulnerable ecological functions lose prevalence with land-use change.
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Persistent ecological functions are benefitted by increasing anthropogenic land-use.
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Five out of ten ecological functions lose prevalence in human-modified landscapes.
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The loss of ecological functions might compromise the persistence of forest remnants.
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The global road network is rapidly growing.
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Population-level studies represent a minority on road ecology.
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Most of them focused large mammals from high-income countries.
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More research on threatened species from developing countries is need.
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Agroecosystem management needs to be considered in landscape ecology studies.
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Three components of heterogeneity are important to characterize agroecosystems.
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Studies should include the economic gains provided by ecological farming practices.
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Studies should include social and economic components of agricultural landscapes.
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Fine spatial and temporal data are necessary to better characterize agroecosystems.
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Long-term (>4.2 years) contamination and ecological risks of the Rio Doce estuary.
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Sediment metal(loid)s concentrations support a continued potential adverse biological effect.
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Despite a decrease in metal(loid)s concentration, the chronic contamination is still above reference values.
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The Rio Doce estuary works as a sink for tailings and a source of toxic metal(loid)s.
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Bidding notices for paving the BR-319 highway were recently announced.
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No environmental impact study on the effects of this project were conducted in the most preserved portion of the highway.
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Approximately 90% of the direct influence zone of the BR-319 highway is composed of pristine vegetation.
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Deforestation alerts and active fires have increased after the publishing of the bidding notices.
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This suggests the absence of a clear strategy for the sustainable development and conservation of the Brazilian Amazon.
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Grassy ecosystems in South America have developed under grazing by large herbivores until the Early Holocene.
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The grassy biomes need grazing animals and/or fire to maintain their biodiversity and ecological characteristics.
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Grazing in the Legal Reserve can represent a social process with benefits for land users and biodiversity conservation.
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Knowledge on grazing in Brazil’s grassy ecosystems should be developed by researchers and stakeholders.