Decoupling of deforestation and soy production in the southern Amazon during the late 2000s

By M. Macedo, Ruth S. DeFries, Douglas C. Morton, Claudia M. Stickler, G. Galford, Y. Shimabukuro. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2012

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Virtual water trade flows and savings under climate change (2013, background): “Since 2006, increased agricultural production has occurred alongside reductions in deforestation in the Amazon (Macedo et al., 2012).”
Characterizing commercial oil palm expansion in Latin America: land use change and trade (2017, background): “In tandem, these are two powerful land transforming agents that have been prominent in most cases of deforestation documented in Latin America [42], and may be similarly useful in considering the expansion of commodity crops in the region [41].”
Enhancing the sustainability of commodity supply chains in tropical forest and agricultural landscapes (2013, background): “, 2009), and soybean (Nepstad et al., 2006; Barona et al., 2010; Arima et al., 2011; Macedo et al., 2012).”