Open AccessAre Brazil deforesters avoiding detection? Reply to Richards et al . 2016
Author(s) -
Bustamante Mercedes M. C.,
Valeriano Dalton,
Almeida Claudio Aparecido,
Cantinho Roberta Zecchini,
Maurano Luiz Eduardo Pinheiro,
Nobre Carlos A.,
Oliveira Pedro V. C.,
Ometto Jean P.,
Roitman Iris,
Rojas Márcio,
Santos Mauro Meirelles,
Shimbo Julia Zanin
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
conservation letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.153
H-Index - 79
ISSN - 1755-263X
DOI - 10.1111/conl.12357
Subject(s) - amazon rainforest , greenhouse gas , environmental resource management , computer science , environmental ethics , geography , natural resource economics , environmental science , ecology , economics , philosophy , biology
The paper “Are Brazil deforesters avoiding detection?” recently published in Conservation Letters by Richards et al . 2016 has critical shortcomings and conclusions based on biased and not very robust analyses. Here, we provide clarifications to some of the most critical points regarding the monitoring of land use changes in the Brazilian Amazon and related greenhouse emissions. Such clarifications are relevant to the readers of Conservation Letters and to a broader audience that rely on sound and robust science for a better management of environmental issues.