Cropland expansion changes deforestation dynamics in the southern Brazilian Amazon

By Douglas C. Morton, Ruth S. DeFries, Y. Shimabukuro, L. Anderson, E. Arai, Fernando del Bon Espirito-Santo, R. Freitas, J. Morisette. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2006

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Livestock, livelihoods and the environment: understanding the trade-offs (2009, background): “According to several authors [18,19 ,20,21] extensive cattle enterprises have been responsible for 65–80% of the deforestation of the Amazon (rate of forest loss of 18– 24 million ha/yr).”
The role of pasture and soybean in deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon (2010, methodology): “Morton et al (2006), using an analysis of 250 m resolution MODIS satellite scenes, found that the expansion of cropland (mainly soy) into areas previously covered by forest had become one of the main causes of deforestation in the state of Mato Grosso, contributing to 17% of the total forest loss…”
Estimating the world's potentially available cropland using a bottom-up approach (2013, background): “years (Morton et al., 2006), unfavourable slopes and related environmental constraints (e.”
Do increases in agricultural yield spare land for nature? (2009, background): “Critics of the land-sparing hypothesis raise three broad arguments to suggest that it may not provide real benefits for conservation (Matson et al., 1997; Matson & Vitousek, 2006; Morton et al., 2006; Vandermeer & Perfecto, 2007): (1) that the on-farm losses of biodiversity due to high-yielding agri”
Statistical confirmation of indirect land use change in the Brazilian Amazon (2011, background): “Although conversions of forest to mechanized agriculture have been observed (Brown et al 2005, Morton et al 2006), pasture expansion remains by far the primary direct cause of Amazonian deforestation.”
Sustainable food production: constraints, challenges and choices by 2050 (2015, background): “Many regions of the world face a shortage of arable land for additional cropland expansion (Morton et al. 2006).”
Decoupling of deforestation and soy production in the southern Amazon during the late 2000s (2012, methodology): “This analysis extends our previous time series of land-use transitions (17) and allows us to examine the changing dynamics associated with substantial declines in deforestation in the latter half of the decade.”