Barber, C.; Cochrane, M.; Souza Jr., C; & Veríssimo, A. 2012. Dynamic Performance Assessment of Protected Areas. Biological Conservation (Volume 149, Issue 1, May 2012, Pages 6-14). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2011.08.024 Abstract Recognizing the importance of preserving biodiversity and ecosystem services, human society has established extensive protected area networks to conserve these resources in recent decades. Are protected

Celentano, D., Sills, E., Sales, M & Veríssimo, A. 2012. Welfare Outcomes and the Advance of the Deforestation Frontier in the Brazilian Amazon. World Development (Volume 40, Issue 4, April 2012, Pages 850-864). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119440 Summary Frontier expansion in the Brazilian Amazon is often described as “boom-bust” development. We critically assess this characterization by mapping and

A, Rodrigues.; Ewers, R.; Parry, L; Souza Jr. C.; Verissimo, A. & Balmford, A. 2009. Boom-and-bust development patterns across the Amazon deforestation frontier. Science (12 Jun 2009, Vol 324, Issue 5933, pp. 1435-1437). DOI: 10.1126/science.1174002 Abstract The Brazilian Amazon is globally important for biodiversity, climate, and geochemical cycles, but is also among the least developed

Marisa Gesteira Fonseca, Edson Vidal & Flavio Antonio Maës dos Santos. 2009. Intraspecific Variation in the Fruiting of an Amazonian Timber Tree: Implications for Management. Biotropica: The Scientific Journal of the ATBC (Association For Tropical Biology and Conservation) – Volume41, Issue2, March 2009, Pages 179-185. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00480.x ABSTRACT Information concerning the fruit production of timber species is

Schulze, M.; Grogan, J.; Landis, M.; Vidal, E. 2008. How rare is too rare to harvest?: Management challenges posed by timber species occurring at low densities in the Brazilian Amazon. Forest Ecology and Management (Volume 256, Issue 7, 20 September 2008, Pages 1443-1457). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2008.02.051 Abstract Tropical forests are characterized by diverse assemblages of plant and

Schulze, M.; Grogan, J.; Uhl, C; Lentini, M.; Vidal, E. 2008. Evaluating ipê (Tabebuia, Bignoniaceae) logging in Amazonia: Sustainable management or catalyst for forest degradation? Biological Conservation (Volume 141, Issue 8, August 2008, Pages 2071-2085). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2008.06.003 Abstract Prized for their dense, rot-resistant wood, Tabebuia impetiginosa and T. serratifolia (vernacular name = ipê) are among the

Grogan, j.; Jennings, S; Landis, M.; Schulze, M.; Baima, A.; Lopes, J.; Norghauer, J; Oliveira, L.; Pantoja, F.; Pinto, D.; Silva, J.; Vidal, E.; Zimmerman, B. 2008. What loggers leave behind: Impacts on big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) commercial populations and potential for post-logging recovery in the Brazilian Amazon. Forest Ecology and Management (Volume 255, Issue

Mark Schulze, James Grogan & Edson Vidal. 2018.  Technical challenges to sustainable forest management in the concession of public lands in the Brazilian Amazon.  Journal of Sustainable Forestry (Volume 26, Issue 1.  Pages 61-76/). https://doi.org/10.1300/j091v26n01_03 Abstract Brazil’s new Public Forests law authorizes concessions-based industrial forest management in Amazonian national public forests covering 13 million hectares

Ribeiro, M. B. & Veríssimo, A. 2007. Padrões e causas do desmatamento nas áreas protegidas de Rondônia. Natureza & Conservação (V. 05, 15-26). Resumo   A criação de áreas protegidas é uma das estratégias mais efetivas e recomendadas para preservar a integridade e a biodiversidade da floresta Amazônica. No Estado de Rondônia, onde o desmatamento

Valle, D.; Phillips, P.; Vidal, E.; Schulze, M.; Grogan, J.; Sales, M.; Gardingen, P. 2007. Adaptation of a spatially explicit individual tree-based growth and yield model and long-term comparison between reduced-impact and conventional logging in eastern Amazonia, Brazil. Forest Ecology and Management (Volume 243, Issues 2–3, 31 May 2007, Pages 187-198). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2007.02.023 Abstract Timber logging