Results from On-The-Ground Efforts to Promote Sustainable Cattle Ranching in the Brazilian Amazon

The role of agricultural intensification in Brazil's Nationally Determined Contribution on emissions mitigation

(2018) Rafael De Oliveira Silva et al.   AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Frequent handling of grazing beef cattle maintained under the rotational stocking method improves temperament over time

(2018) Maria C. Ceballos et al.   Animal Production Science

Forest conservation effects of Brazil's zero deforestation cattle agreements undermined by leakage

(2017) Jennifer Alix-Garcia et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

Climate change mitigation through intensified pasture management: Estimating greenhouse gas emissions on cattle farms in the Brazilian Amazon

(2017) Meghan Bogaerts et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Costs, Benefits and Challenges of Sustainable Livestock Intensification in a Major Deforestation Frontier in the Brazilian Amazon

(2017) Edenise Garcia et al.   Sustainability

Will intensification of beef production deliver conservation outcomes in the Brazilian Amazon?

(2017) Frank Merry et al.   Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene

Patterns of land use, extensification, and intensification of Brazilian agriculture

(2016) Lívia C. P. Dias et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Comparing the environmental performance of mixed and specialised dairy farms: the role of the system level analysed

(2016) Silvia M.R.R. Marton et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Economics and environmental performance issues of a typical Amazonian beef farm: a case study

(2016) Tiago T.S. Siqueira et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Assessing the carbon footprint of beef cattle in Brazil: a case study with 22 farms in the State of Mato Grosso

(2016) Carlos Clemente Cerri et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Deforestation spikes in Brazilian Amazon

(2016) Jeff Tollefson   NATURE

How can higher-yield farming help to spare nature?

(2016) B. Phalan et al.   SCIENCE

Forest Clearing Dynamics and the Expansion of Landholdings in Apuí, a Deforestation Hotspot on Brazil's Transamazon Highway

(2016) Gabriel C. Carrero et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Brazil’s Market for Trading Forest Certificates

(2016) Britaldo Soares-Filho et al.   PLoS One

Greenhouse gas mitigation potential of the world’s grazing lands: Modeling soil carbon and nitrogen fluxes of mitigation practices

(2015) Benjamin B. Henderson et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Brazil's Soy Moratorium

(2015) H. K. Gibbs et al.   SCIENCE

Post-Crackdown Effectiveness of Field-Based Forest Law Enforcement in the Brazilian Amazon

(2015) Jan Börner et al.   PLoS One

Intensification of cattle ranching production systems: socioeconomic and environmental synergies and risks in Brazil

(2014) A. E. Latawiec et al.   Animal

Spatially complex land change: The Indirect effect of Brazil's agricultural sector on land use in Amazonia

(2014) Peter D. Richards et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

When enough should be enough: Improving the use of current agricultural lands could meet production demands and spare natural habitats in Brazil

(2014) Bernardo B.N. Strassburg et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

Origins and genetic diversity of British cattle breeds in Brazil assessed by pedigree analyses1

(2014) M. L. Piccoli et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

History, structure, and genetic diversity of Brazilian Gir cattle

(2014) M.L. Santana et al.   Livestock Science

Cattle ranching intensification in Brazil can reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by sparing land from deforestation

(2014) A. S. Cohn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Certification, Forest Conservation, and Cattle: Theories and Evidence of Change in Brazil

(2014) Peter Newton et al.   Conservation Letters

Sustainable, efficient livestock production with high biodiversity and good welfare for animals

(2013) D. M. Broom et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Steers performance in dwarf elephant grass pastures alone or mixed with Arachis pintoi

(2013) Steben Crestani et al.   TROPICAL ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION

Land-saving approaches and beef production growth in Brazil

(2012) Geraldo B. Martha et al.   AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Role of Brazilian Amazon protected areas in climate change mitigation

(2010) B. Soares-Filho et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Policies for reduced deforestation and their impact on agricultural production

(2010) A. Angelsen   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA