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

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 84-97

  Strassburg, Bernardo B N ^a,b   Latawiec, Agnieszka E ^a,c,d   Barioni, Luis G ^e   Nobre, Carlos A ^f   da Silva, Vanderley P ^g   Valentim, Judson F ^h,i   Vianna, Murilo ^e   Assad, Eduardo D ^e  

^a International Institute for Sustainability   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c OPOLE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e EMBRAPA INFORMÁTICA AGROPECUÁRIA   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^g EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^h EMBRAPA ACRE   (Brazil)

ⁱ HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Increasing demand; Land sparing; Pasturelands; Sustainable intensification

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CARRYING CAPACITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LAND SURFACE; PRODUCTIVITY; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; DEMAND ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION; FOOD PRODUCTION; FUTURE PROSPECT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PASTURE; SUSTAINABILITY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84907877082     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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