Modeling the Brazilian Cerrado land use change highlights the need to account for private property sizes for biodiversity conservation

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 4559
• Main Authors: Colman, Carina Barbosa, Guerra, Angélica, Almagro, André, de Oliveira Roque, Fabio, Rosa, Isabel M. D., Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson, Oliveira, Paulo Tarso S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 24.02.2024; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/158/2450; 631/158/2454; 631/158/2458; 631/158/672; 704/172; Agrarian structure; Agricultural production; Agriculture; Animals; Anthropogenic factors; Biodiversity; Brazil; Cattle; Conservation of Natural Resources; Decision making; Ecosystem; Environmental law; Farms; Forests; Humanities and Social Sciences; Land use; multidisciplinary; Protected areas; Public policy; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sustainable ecosystems; Vegetation; Vegetation loss; Brazil; Cerrado Biome; Agrarian structure; Vegetation loss; Agriculture; Sustainable ecosystems; Farms; Environmental law

Simulating future land use changes can be an important tool to support decision-making, especially in areas that are experiencing rapid anthropogenic pressure, such as the Cerrado–Brazilian savanna. Here we used a spatially-explicit model to identify the main drivers of native vegetation loss in the...