EcologybioRxivPreprint
Coordinated governance redirects agricultural expansion away from native vegetation in Brazil
Mario Barroso Ramos Neto, Alessandra Bertassoni, Marisa de Oliveira Novaes…·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.
DOI 10.64898/2026.05.25.727617