Mongabay: The sharp reduction in deforestation in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso since the mid-2000s will be difficult to replicate in other tropical countries where commodity production is a major driver in forest loss, argues a new study published in a special issue of the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
The paper, titled "Export-oriented deforestation in Mato Grosso: harbinger or exception for other tropical forests?", evaluated the conditions that enabled Mato Grosso to...