Social Progress Index for the Brazilian Amazon: IPS Amazônia 2014 (Executive Summary)

22 de August de 2014

Santos, D., Celentano, D., Garcia, J., Aranibar, A., & Veríssimo, A. 2014. Social Progress Index for the Brazilian Amazon: IPS Amazônia 2014 (Executive Summary) (p. 16). Belém: Imazon and Social Progress Imperative.

Deforestation Report (SAD) July 2014

19 de August de 2014

Fonseca, A., Souza Jr., C. & Veríssimo, A. 2014. Forest Transparency for the Brazilian Amazon (July 2014) (p. 10). Belém: Imazon.

Roads, deforestation, and the mitigating effect of protected areas in the Amazon

6 de August de 2014

Barber, C. P., Cochrane, M. A., Souza Jr., C., & Laurance, W. F. 2014. Roads, deforestation, and the mitigating effect of protected areas in the Amazon. Biological Conservation, 177, 203–209.

Deforestation Report (SAD) June 2014

25 de July de 2014

843 square kilometers of deforestation were detected in the Brazilian Amazon in this period. Fonseca, A., Martins, H., Souza Jr., C. & Veríssimo, A. 2014. Forest Transparency for the Brazilian Amazon (june 2014) (p. 9). Belém: Imazon.

Deforestation Report (SAD) May 2014

24 de July de 2014

SAD detected 185 square kilometers of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon with a cloud cover of 38% over the territory. Fonseca, A., Martins, H., Souza Jr., C. & Veríssimo, A. 2014. Forest Transparency for the Brazilian Amazon (may 2014) (p. 9). Belém: Imazon.

Public policies can reduce tropical deforestation: Lessons and challenges from Brazil

22 de July de 2014

Arima, E. Y., Barreto, P., Araújo, E., & Soares-Filho, B. 2014. Public policies can reduce tropical deforestation: Lessons and challenges from Brazil. Land Use Policy, (41), 465–473.

A quantitative study of the proximity of satellite detected active fires to roads and rivers in the Brazilian tropical moist forest biome

7 de July de 2014

Kumar, S. S., Roy, D. P., Cochrane, M. A., Souza Jr., C., Barber, C. P., & Boschetti, L. 2014. A quantitative study of the proximity of satellite detected active fires to roads and rivers in the Brazilian tropical moist forest biome. International Journal of Wildland Fire.

Deforestation Report (SAD) April 2014

16 de June de 2014

With 59% of cloud cover, SAD detected 101 square kilometers of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Fonseca, A., Martins, H., Souza Jr., C., Sales, M., & Veríssimo, A. 2014. . Forest Transparency for the Brazilian Amazon (april 2014) (p. 10). Belém: Imazon.

Informative Note – Deforestation Report (SAD) February 2014

16 de May de 2014

The Forest Transparency Bulletin with information on deforestation and forest degradation detected by the Deforestation Alert System (SAD),will not be released for the month of February 2014,because of the high cloud cover over the Legal Amazon (around 76%), which hindered monitoring of satellite images (Figure 1).

Deforestation Report (SAD) January 2014

28 de April de 2014

The forest degradation accumulated in the period from August 2013 to January 2014 totaling 531 square kilometers. Fonseca, A., Martins, H., Souza Jr., C., Sales, M., & Veríssimo, A. 2014. . Forest Transparency for the Brazilian Amazon (january 2014) (p. 11). Belém: Imazon.

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