Controls on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: Explaining past success actions, new challenges and recommendations

ABSTRACT This paper reviews important processes that drive deforestation and its control in the Brazilian Amazon. Governmental programs decreased the rate of deforestation in the Amazon by 70% from 2004 to 2015. This large reduction was the result of the Action Plan to Prevent and Control Deforestat...

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Main Authors: Hassan C. DAVID, David W. MACFARLANE
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2025-05-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672025000101900&lng=en&tlng=en
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