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Valter M Azevedo-Santos1,2, Philip M Fearnside3, Marlene S Arcifa4

  • 1Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade, Ecologia e Conservação, Porto Nacional, CEP 77500-000, Tocantins, Brazil. valter.ecologia@gmail.com.

Environmental Management
|February 29, 2024
PubMed
Summary

Proposed changes to Brazil's Forest Code could harm biodiversity. Bills facilitating irrigation dams in protected areas risk increased deforestation and habitat loss, impacting ecosystem services and international trade.

Keywords:
AgricultureDeforestationForest CodeGlobal warmingHabitat fragmentationLaw

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