David M. Lapola

TL;DR: It is suggested that a closer collaboration or strengthened institutional link between the biofuel and cattle-ranching sectors in the coming years is crucial for effective carbon savings from biofuels in Brazil.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the evolving relationship between land-use change and greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil and argue that strong enforcement of sector-oriented policies and solving long-standing land tenure problems, rather than simply waiting for market self-regulation, are key steps to buffer the detrimental effects of agricultural intensification at the forefront of a sustainable pathway for land use in Brazil.

TL;DR: Five new forest free-air CO2 enrichment experiments in mature forests in different biomes and over a wide range of climate space and biodiversity will significantly expand the inference space, and a unique opportunity to initiate a model-data interaction as an integral part of experimental design is presented.

TL;DR: In this article, the role of phosphorus availability in the Amazon rainforest has been considered in global model ensembles, and the results suggest that the resilience of the region to climate change may be much less than previously assumed.

TL;DR: The development of the land-use model LandSHIFT is described, which aims to simulate land- use and land-cover change on the continental and global scale and is based on a ''land-use systems'' approach.