A crisis in the making: responses of Amazonian forests to land use and climate change
At least three global-change phenomena are having major impacts on Amazonian forests: (1) accelerating deforestation and logging; (2) rapidly changing patterns of forest loss; and (3) interactions between human land-use and climatic variability. Additional alterations caused by climatic change, rising concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide, mining, overhunting and other large-scale phenomena could also have important effects on the Amazon ecosystem. Consequently, decisions regarding Amazon forest use in the next decade are crucial to its future existence.
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Washington, DC (EUA): ELSEVIER,
1998
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| Subjects: | BOSQUE TROPICAL HUMEDO, DEFORESTACION, CICLO DEL CARBONO, UTILIZACION DE LA TIERRA, CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO, INTERVENCION ESTATAL, AMAZONIA, BRASIL, |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01433-5 |
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