Coordinated governance redirects agricultural expansion away from native vegetation in Brazil
Mario Barroso Ramos Neto, Alessandra Bertassoni, Marisa de Oliveira Novaes, Giovanni Mateus Mallmann, Arley Haley Faria, Rafaela Albuquerque, Guilherme Ramos Vaz, Laerte Guimarães Ferreira
The paper evaluates how different governance regimes affect agricultural expansion and native vegetation loss in Brazil, finding that constrained governance reduces native vegetation conversion while redirecting soybean expansion to already converted lands.
bioRxiv · May 28, 2026 · PreprintEcology