Land-use and climate change risks in the amazon and the need of a novel sustainable development paradigm

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 39, 2016, Pages 10759-10768

  Nobre, Carlos A ^a   Sampaio, Gilvan ^b   Borma, Laura S ^b   Castilla Rubio, Juan Carlos ^c   Silva, José S ^d   Cardoso, Manoel ^b  

^a Warning of Natural Disasters   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c Planetary Skin Institute   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon land use; Amazon savannization; Amazon sustainability; Amazon tropical forests; Climate change impacts

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; RAIN;

AMAZONAS (BRAZIL); CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEFORESTATION; DROUGHT; FIRE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HYDROPOWER; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; AGRICULTURE; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST; GEOGRAPHY; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON;

AGRICULTURE; BRAZIL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTS; GEOGRAPHY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 84989912863     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1605516113     Document Type: Article

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