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Britaldo Soares-Filho
Researcher at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publications - 127
Citations - 14259
Britaldo Soares-Filho is an academic researcher from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. The author has contributed to research in topics: Deforestation & Amazon rainforest. The author has an hindex of 49, co-authored 117 publications receiving 11826 citations. Previous affiliations of Britaldo Soares-Filho include Woods Hole Research Center.
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Modelling conservation in the Amazon basin
Britaldo Soares-Filho,Daniel C. Nepstad,Daniel C. Nepstad,Lisa M. Curran,Gustavo C. Cerqueira,Ricardo Alexandrino Garcia,Claudia Azevedo Ramos,Eliane Voll,Alice McDonald,Paul Lefebvre,Peter Schlesinger +10 more
TL;DR: It is reported that protected areas in the Amazon basin—the central feature of prevailing conservation approaches—are an important but insufficient component of this strategy, based on policy-sensitive simulations of future deforestation.
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The Amazon basin in transition
Eric A. Davidson,Alessandro Araújo,Alessandro Araújo,Paulo Artaxo,Jennifer K. Balch,Jennifer K. Balch,I. Foster Brown,I. Foster Brown,Mercedes M. C. Bustamante,Michael T. Coe,Ruth DeFries,Michael Keller,Michael Keller,Marcos Longo,J. William Munger,Wilfrid Schroeder,Britaldo Soares-Filho,Carlos Souza,Steven C. Wofsy +18 more
TL;DR: Signs of a transition to a disturbance-dominated regime include changing energy and water cycles in the southern and eastern portions of the Amazon basin.
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Cracking Brazil's Forest Code
Britaldo Soares-Filho,Raoni Rajão,Marcia N. Macedo,Marcia N. Macedo,Arnaldo Carneiro,William Costa,Michael T. Coe,Hermann Rodrigues,Ane Alencar +8 more
TL;DR: This work quantifies changes resulting from the FC revisions in terms of environmental obligations and rights granted to land-owners and discusses conservation opportunities arising from new policy mechanisms in the FC.
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Role of Brazilian Amazon protected areas in climate change mitigation
Britaldo Soares-Filho,Paulo Moutinho,Daniel C. Nepstad,Anthony B. Anderson,Hermann Rodrigues,Ricardo Alexandrino Garcia,Laura Dietzsch,Frank Merry,Maria Bowman,Letícia de Barros Viana Hissa,Rafaella Silvestrini,Claudio Maretti +11 more
TL;DR: Effectively implementing PAs in zones under high current or future anthropogenic threat offers high payoffs for reducing carbon emissions, and as a result should receive special attention in planning investments for regional conservation.
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Moment of truth for the Cerrado hotspot.
Bernardo B. N. Strassburg,Bernardo B. N. Strassburg,Thomas M. Brooks,Rafael Feltran-Barbieri,Rafael Feltran-Barbieri,Alvaro Iribarrem,Alvaro Iribarrem,Alvaro Iribarrem,Renato Crouzeilles,Renato Crouzeilles,Rafael Loyola,Agnieszka E. Latawiec,Agnieszka E. Latawiec,Agnieszka E. Latawiec,Francisco José Barbosa de Oliveira Filho,Carlos Alberto de Mattos Scaramuzza,Fabio Rubio Scarano,Britaldo Soares-Filho,Andrew Balmford +18 more
TL;DR: Despite projections of a severe extinction event, a window of opportunity is now open for a mix of policies to avoid biodiversity collapse in the Cerrado hotspot.