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Fire incidence in Brazil increased in 2019−2020, with unprecedented magnitude in the Pantanal.

Fire effects vary according to the evolutionary history of the affected ecosystem.

A drier climate and land use changes increase the risk of wildfires throughout Brazil.

Poor governance further exacerbates the risk and damage of wildfires.

Fire policies must be improved by collaboration among different sectors of the society.

The inclusion of OECMs into the post-2020 GBF may enable the recognition of other actors.

OECMs can contribute to improve linkages between equitable and effective conservation.

OECM’s identification, reporting and monitoring are a challenge.

Robust guidelines, and improved monitoring, are recommended to ensure OECMs integrity.

Climate change needs considering in seven areas of restoration design/implementation.

These range from objective setting through to monitoring and adaptive management.

Evidence is scant for climate change resilient restoration in practice.

Our framework can help structure a more climate change resilient restoration approach.

Changes in the Brazilian semi-arid coast reveal key questions to advance research.

Changes in the semi-arid coast can have consequences in the ecological stability and connectivity.

Modifications of the coastal dynamics can impact structure and function of adjacent marine ecosystems.

Semi-arid coast community dynamics under ongoing climate change should be monitored.

Beaches and nearshore mangroves erosion contrast with mangrove expansion inland.

Mammal richness and body mass are directly and negatively affected by deforestation.

Vulnerable ecological functions lose prevalence with land-use change.

Persistent ecological functions are benefitted by increasing anthropogenic land-use.

Five out of ten ecological functions lose prevalence in human-modified landscapes.

The loss of ecological functions might compromise the persistence of forest remnants.

The global road network is rapidly growing.

Population-level studies represent a minority on road ecology.

Most of them focused large mammals from high-income countries.

More research on threatened species from developing countries is need.

Long-term (>4.2 years) contamination and ecological risks of the Rio Doce estuary.

Sediment metal(loid)s concentrations support a continued potential adverse biological effect.

Despite a decrease in metal(loid)s concentration, the chronic contamination is still above reference values.

The Rio Doce estuary works as a sink for tailings and a source of toxic metal(loid)s.

Agroecosystem management needs to be considered in landscape ecology studies.

Three components of heterogeneity are important to characterize agroecosystems.

Studies should include the economic gains provided by ecological farming practices.

Studies should include social and economic components of agricultural landscapes.

Fine spatial and temporal data are necessary to better characterize agroecosystems.

Bidding notices for paving the BR-319 highway were recently announced.

No environmental impact study on the effects of this project were conducted in the most preserved portion of the highway.

Approximately 90% of the direct influence zone of the BR-319 highway is composed of pristine vegetation.

Deforestation alerts and active fires have increased after the publishing of the bidding notices.

This suggests the absence of a clear strategy for the sustainable development and conservation of the Brazilian Amazon.

Grassy ecosystems in South America have developed under grazing by large herbivores until the Early Holocene.

The grassy biomes need grazing animals and/or fire to maintain their biodiversity and ecological characteristics.

Grazing in the Legal Reserve can represent a social process with benefits for land users and biodiversity conservation.

Knowledge on grazing in Brazil’s grassy ecosystems should be developed by researchers and stakeholders.