Deforestation is the greatest driver of biodiversity loss in the tropics. GLUE researchers have a long history of tracking risks for forests and biodiversity and working to leverage this information to inform decision-making by companies, environmental groups, and governments. We have identified cattle production within protected areas across Brazil and tracked the supply chain links to help companies and policymakers reduce this risk. We have also worked to track all agricultural expansion across the tropics, and to map the congruence between biodiversity and carbon stocks to help inform policy. We have a new project to focus on high biodiversity regions and leverage public and supply chain governance to strengthen protection in these exceptionally important parts of the Amazon in Peru, Brazil and Colombia.
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| Candino, M., A. Brandão Jr., J. Munger, L.L. Rausch and H.K. Gibbs. 2024. "Protected Areas in the Brazilian Amazon Threatened by Cycles of Property Registration, Cattle Ranching, and Deforestation." Land. [Link] |
| Sullivan, C. and M. Candino. 2023. "Conservation value and biodiversity indicators for properties and supply chains in Colombia." Gibbs Land Use and Environment Report Series. [Link] |
| Lima, L.F., M.M. Tagliari, K.T. Yuyama, H.C. Tozato, N.S. da Silveira, D.S. Nogueira and A. Brandão Jr. 2023. "Challenges and opportunities to eliminate deforestation in Brazilian Amazon." FAPESP. [Link] |
| Levy, S.A., F. Cammelli, J. Munger, H.K. Gibbs and R.D. Garret. 2023. "Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon could be halved by scaling up the implementation of zero-deforestation cattle commitments." Global Environmental Change. [Link] |
| Costa Jr, C., L. Inakake de Souza, L.L. Rausch, A. Brandão Jr., and H.K. Gibbs. 2022. "How Will The Production Of Agriculture Commodities Meet Brazil’s Climate Targets In The Amazon And Cerrado Biomes?" IMAFLORA Report. [Link] |
| Skidmore, M. E., K.M. Sims, L.L Rausch, and H.K. Gibbs. 2022. “Sustainable intensification in the Brazilian cattle industry: The role for reduced slaughter age.” Environmental Research Letters. [Link] |
| L.L. Rausch 2021. “Brazil’s Amazon Soy Moratorium.” Deforestation Fronts Case Study, Forest Practice. WWF. [Link] |
| Sullivan, C., L.L. Rausch, A. Camacho Rojas, J.S. Castellanos, M.A. Vianchá and H.K. Gibbs. 2021. “Zero deforestation palm oil in Colombia.” Gibbs Land Use and Environment Report Series. [Link] |
| Moffette, F. and H.K. Gibbs. 2021. “Agricultural Displacement and Deforestation Leakage in the Brazilian Legal Amazon.” Land Economics. [Link] |
| Jung, S., C. Dyngeland, L.L. Rausch, and L.V. Rasmussen. 2021. “Brazilian Land Registry Impacts on Land Use Conversion.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics. [Link] |
| Rausch, L.L., and H.K. Gibbs. 2021. “The Low Opportunity Costs of the Amazon Soy Moratorium.” Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. [Link] |
| Skidmore, M., F. Moffette, L.L. Rausch, M. Christie, J. Munger, and H.K. Gibbs. 2021. “Cattle Ranchers and Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: Production, Location, and Policies.” Global Environmental Change. [Link] |
| Rajão, R., B. Soares-Filho, F. Nunes, J. Börner., L. Machado, D. Assis, A. Oliveira, L. Pinto, V. Ribeiro, L. Rausch, H.K. Gibbs, and D.Figueira. 2020. “The rotten apples of Brazil’s agribusiness.” Science vol. 369, Issue 6501, pp. 246-248. [Link] |
| Heilmayr, R., L.L Rausch, J. Munger, and H.K. Gibbs. 2020. “Brazil’s Amazon Soy Moratorium reduced deforestation.” Nature Food vol. 1, 801-810. [Link] |
| Pereira, R., L.L. Rausch, A. Carrara, and H.K. Gibbs. 2020. “Extensive Production Practices and Incomplete Implementation Hinder Brazil’s Zero-Deforestation Cattle Agreements in Pará.” Tropical Conservation Science, Vol 13, 1-13. [Link] |
| Skidmore, M., F. Moffette, L. Rausch, and H.K. Gibbs. 2020. “Characterizing compliance in cattle supply chains: What factors encourage deforestation-free production in the Brazilian Amazon?” Report for the Meridian Institute, Supply Chain Sustainability Research Fund. [Link] |
| Rausch, L., A. Bennett, C. Sullivan, and H. K. Gibbs. 2020. “Pathways to zero deforestation oil palm in Peru.” Gibbs Land Use and Environment Report Series. [Link] |
| Brandão Jr. A., L. Rausch, A.P. Durán, C. Costa Jr., C. Costa, S.A. Spawn, and H. K. Gibbs. 2020. “Estimating the Potential for Conservation and Farming in the Amazon and Cerrado under Four Policy Scenarios.” Sustanability. [Abstract] [Link] |
| Sullivan, C.C., H. K. Gibbs and L.L. Rausch. 2019. “Towards Zero Deforestation Cattle in Colombia.” Policy brief. [Link] |
| Brito, B., P. Barreto, A. Brandão Jr., S Baima, and P. H. Gomes. 2019. “Stimulus for land grabbing and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.” Environmental Research Letters. [Abstract] [Link] |
| Brito, B., P. Barreto, A. Brandão Jr., S Baima, and P. H. Gomes. 2019. “Stimulus for land grabbing and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.” Environmental Research Letters. [Abstract] [Link] |
| Lambin, E. F., H. K. Gibbs, R. Heilmayr, K. M. Carlson, L. C. Fleck, R. D. Garrett, Y. Waroux, C. L. McDermott, D. McLaughlin, P. Newton, C. Nolte, P. Pacheco, L. Rausch, C. Streck, T. Thorlakson and N. F. Walker. 2018. “The role of supply-chain initiatives in reducing deforestation.” Nature Climate Change. [Link] |
| Alix-Garcia, J., L. Rausch, J. L’Roe, H. K. Gibbs, and J. Munger. 2017. “Avoided deforestation linked to environmental registration in the Brazilian Amazon.” Conservation Letters. [Abstract] [Link] |
| Rausch, L. and H. K. Gibbs. 2016. “Property Arrangements and Soy Governance in the Brazilian State of Mato Grosso: Implications for Deforestation-Free Production.” Land 5.(2) [Abstract] [Link] |
| Gibbs, H. K., J. Munger, J. L’Roe, P. Barreto, R. Pereira, M. Christie, T. Amaral, and N.F. Walker. 2015. “Did Ranchers and Slaughterhouses Respond to Zero-Deforestation Agreements in the Brazilian Amazon?” Conservation Letters. [Link] [Portuguese Version] |
| Gibbs, H. K., L. Rausch, J. Munger, I. Schelly, D. C. Morton, P. Noojipady, B. Soares-Filho, P. Barreto, L. Micol, and N. F. Walker. 2015. “Brazil’s Soy Moratorium: Supply chain governance is needed to avoid deforestation.” Science. 347(6220): 377-378 [Abstract] [Link] [Portuguese Version] |
| Meyfroidt, P., K. Carlson, M. Fagan, V, Gutierrez-Velez, M. Macedo, L. Curran, R. DeFries, G. Dyer, H. K. Gibbs, E. Lambin, D. Morton, and V. Robiglio. 2014. “Multiple Pathways of Expansion of Commodity Crops in Tropical Forest Landscapes.” Environmental Research Letters 9(7): 074012 [Abstract] [Link] |
| Gibbs, H. K. 2012. “Trading forests for oil yields in the Peruvian Amazon.” Environmental Research Letters 7(1): 011007 Invited Perspective. [Abstract] [Link] |
| Gibbs, H. K., A. S. Ruesch, J. A. Foley, N. Ramankutty, F. Achard, and P. Holmgren. 2010. “Tropical forests were the primary land source for new agricultural lands in the 1980s and 1990s.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 107(38) 16732-16737 [Abstract] [Link] |
| Scharlemann, J. P., V. Kapos, A. Campbell, I. Lysenko, N. D. Burgess, M. C. Hansen, H. K. Gibbs, B. Dickson, and L. Miles. 2010. “Securing Tropical Forest Carbon: the Contribution of Protected Areas to REDD.” Oryx 44(3): 352-357 [Abstract] [Link] |
| Strassburg, B., A. Balmford, J. Price, R. Davies, H. K. Gibbs, D. Orme, L. Miles, and A. Kelly. 2010. “Global Congruence of Carbon Storage and Biodiversity in Terrestrial Ecosystems.” Conservation Letters 3(2): 98-105 [Abstract] [Link] |