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Limiting the high impacts of Amazon forest dieback with no-regrets science and policy action

David M. Lapola, Patricia Pinho, Carlos A. Quesada, Bernardo B. N. Strassburg, Anja Rammig, Bart Kruijt, Foster Brown, Jean P. H. B. Ometto, Adriano Premebida, José A. Marengo, Walter Vergara, and Carlos A. Nobre
PNAS November 13, 2018 115 (46) 11671-11679; first published November 5, 2018 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1721770115

  1. Edited by B. L. Turner, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, and approved October 1, 2018 (received for review May 8, 2018)

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vol. 115 no. 46 11671-11679
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1721770115
PubMed: 
30397144
Published By: 
National Academy of Sciences
Print ISSN: 
0027-8424
Online ISSN: 
1091-6490
History: 
  • Published in issue November 13, 2018.
  • Published first November 5, 2018.
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© 2018 Published under the PNAS license.

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  1. David M. Lapolaa,1,
  2. Patricia Pinhob,
  3. Carlos A. Quesadac,
  4. Bernardo B. N. Strassburgd,e,
  5. Anja Rammigf,
  6. Bart Kruijtg,
  7. Foster Brownh,i,
  8. Jean P. H. B. Omettoj,
  9. Adriano Premebidak,
  10. José A. Marengol,
  11. Walter Vergaram, and
  12. Carlos A. Nobren
  1. aCenter for Meteorological and Climatic Research Applied to Agriculture, University of Campinas, 13083-886 Campinas, SP, Brazil;
  2. bStockholm Resilience Center, Stockholm University, 11419 Stockholm, Sweden;
  3. cCoordination of Environmental Dynamics, National Institute for Amazonia Research, 69080-971 Manaus, AM, Brazil;
  4. dInternational Institute for Sustainability, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
  5. eDepartment of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, 22451-900 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
  6. fSchool of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, Germany;
  7. gDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, 6700AA Wageningen, The Netherlands;
  8. hDepartment of Geography, Federal University of Acre, 69920-900 Rio Branco, AC, Brazil;
  9. iWoods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA 02540;
  10. jCenter for Earth System Science, National Institute for Space Research, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil;
  11. kGraduate Program in Sociology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, 91509-900 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil;
  12. lResearch and Development Coordination, Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters, 12630-000 São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil;
  13. mWorld Resources Institute, Washington, DC 20002;
  14. nNational Institute of Science and Technology for Climate Change, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil

  1. Edited by B. L. Turner, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, and approved October 1, 2018 (received for review May 8, 2018)

Footnotes

  • ↵1To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: dmlapola{at}unicamp.br.

  • Author contributions: D.M.L. and P.P. designed research; D.M.L., P.P., C.A.Q., and B.B.N.S. performed research; D.M.L. and B.B.N.S. analyzed data; and D.M.L., P.P., C.A.Q., B.B.N.S., A.R., B.K., F.B., J.P.H.B.O., A.P., J.A.M., W.V., and C.A.N. wrote the paper.

  • The authors declare no conflict of interest.

  • This article is a PNAS Direct Submission.

  • This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1721770115/-/DCSupplemental.

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Limiting the high impacts of Amazon forest dieback with no-regrets science and policy action
David M. Lapola, Patricia Pinho, Carlos A. Quesada, Bernardo B. N. Strassburg, Anja Rammig, Bart Kruijt, Foster Brown, Jean P. H. B. Ometto, Adriano Premebida, José A. Marengo, Walter Vergara, Carlos A. Nobre
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