Human impacts outpace natural processes in the Amazon

James S. Albert; Ana C. Carnaval; Suzette G.A. Flantua; Lúcia G. Lohmann; Camila C. Ribas; Douglas Riff; Juan D. Carrillo; Ying Fan; Jorge J.P. Figueiredo; Juan M. Guayasamin; Carina Hoorn; Gustavo H. de Melo; Nathália Nascimento; Carlos A. Quesada; Carmen Ulloa Ulloa; Pedro Val; Julia Arieira; Andrea C. Encalada; Carlos A. Nobre

doi:10.1126/science.abo5003

Human impacts outpace natural processes in the Amazon

James S. Albert^*
, Ana C. Carnaval
, Suzette G.A. Flantua
, Lúcia G. Lohmann
, Camila C. Ribas
, Douglas Riff
, Juan D. Carrillo
, Ying Fan
, Jorge J.P. Figueiredo
, Juan M. Guayasamin
, Carina Hoorn
, Gustavo H. de Melo
, Nathália Nascimento
, Carlos A. Quesada
, Carmen Ulloa Ulloa
, Pedro Val
, Julia Arieira
, Andrea C. Encalada
, Carlos A. Nobre

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Louisiana at Lafayette
City University of New York
University of Bergen
Universidade de São Paulo
Petrópolis
Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
University of Fribourg
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Museu Nacional/UFRJ
University of Amsterdam
Federal University of Ouro Preto
Missouri Botanical Garden
Science Panel for the Amazon (SPA)

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Abstract

Amazonian environments are being degraded by modern industrial and agricultural activities at a pace far above anything previously known, imperiling its vast biodiversity reserves and globally important ecosystem services. The most substantial threats come from regional deforestation, because of export market demands, and global climate change. The Amazon is currently perched to transition rapidly from a largely forested to a nonforested landscape. These changes are happening much too rapidly for Amazonian species, peoples, and ecosystems to respond adaptively. Policies to prevent the worst outcomes are known and must be enacted immediately. We now need political will and leadership to act on this information. To fail the Amazon is to fail the biosphere, and we fail to act at our peril.

Original language	English
Article number	eabo5003
Journal	Science
Volume	379
Issue number	6630
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abo5003
State	Published - 27 Jan 2023

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Keywords

Humans
Anthropogenic Effects
Biodiversity
Conservation of Natural Resources
Ecosystem
Forests
Brazil

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Albert, J. S., Carnaval, A. C., Flantua, S. G. A., Lohmann, L. G., Ribas, C. C., Riff, D., Carrillo, J. D., Fan, Y., Figueiredo, J. J. P., Guayasamin, J. M., Hoorn, C., de Melo, G. H., Nascimento, N., Quesada, C. A., Ulloa, C. U., Val, P., Arieira, J., Encalada, A. C., & Nobre, C. A. (2023). Human impacts outpace natural processes in the Amazon. Science, 379(6630), Article eabo5003. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abo5003

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