Ferreira, J. and Aragao, L. E. O. C. and Barlow, Jos and Barreto, P. and Berenguer, E. and Bustamante, M. and Gardner, T. A. and Lees, A. C. and Lima, A. and Louzada, J. and Pardini, R. and Parry, L. and Peres, C. A. and Pompeu, P. S. and Tabarelli, M. and Zuanon, J. (2014) Brazil's environmental leadership at risk. Science, 346 (6210). pp. 706-707. ISSN 0036-8075
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Over the past two decades, Brazil has emerged as an environmental leader, playing a prominent role in international fora such as the United Nations (UN) Conferences on Sustainable Development. The country has earned praise for the expansion of its protected area (PA) network and reductions in Amazon deforestation. Yet these successes are being compromised by development pressures and shifts in legislation. We highlight concerns for the newly elected government regarding development of major infrastructure and natural resource extraction projects in PAs and indigenous lands (ILs).