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