Philip M Fearnside

Biographic Data

ID629480
NAMEPhilip M Fearnside
GIVEN NAMESPhilip M
FAMILY NAMEFearnside
SIGNATUREFEARNSIDE P M
AFFILIATIONSNational Institute of Amazonian Research
ORCID0000-0003-3672-9082
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS87
TOTAL CITATIONS463
AUTHOR COUNT87
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1983
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX13

  • Adjusted ∆ NBR Index Thresholds for Forest Fire Severity Mapping

    Open AccessCamila Julia Pacheco Ramos, Paulo Maurício Lima De Alencastro Graça et al.ARTICLELand Degradation and Development2025

    The 2006 study of fire severity in coniferous forest by Key and Benson derived threshold values of the Delta Normalized Burn Ratio (∆NBR) for interpreting satellite imagery of fire scars, and ∆NBR has been widely used for forest fire severity worldwide. We hypothesized that these thresholds underestimate the severity of fires of tropical forests. Our goal was to find appropriate thresholds to map fire severities in the central Amazon and evaluate…

  • Threats of Brazil’s new oil drilling frontier

    Open AccessHerbert O B Duarte, Karen Mustin et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2025References: 1

  • Brazil's Amazon Oxygen Crisis

    Open AccessLucas Ferrante, Philip M FearnsideARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2024Cited by: 3References: 24

  • Misinformation Caused Increased Urban Mobility and the End of Social Confinement Before the Second Wave of Covid-19 in Amazonia

    Open AccessLucas Ferrante, Alexandre Celestino Leite Almeida et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2024Cited by: 1References: 18

  • The drivers and impacts of Amazon forest degradation

    Open AccessDavid M Lapola, Patricia Pinho et al.ARTICLEScience2023

    Approximately 2.5 × 10 6 square kilometers of the Amazon forest are currently degraded by fire, edge effects, timber extraction, and/or extreme drought, representing 38% of all remaining forests in the region. Carbon emissions from this degradation total up to 0.2 petagrams of carbon per year (Pg C year −1 ), which is equivalent to, if not greater than, the emissions from Amazon deforestation (0.06 to 0.21 Pg C year −1 ). Amazon forest degradatio…

  • Ocorrência de queimadas em área de uso antrópico na Região Centro Sul do Estado de Roraima, Brasil

    Open AccessPaulo Eduardo Barni, Yasmin Alencar Pereira et al.ARTICLEAmbiente Gestão e Desenvolvimento2023

    O estudo teve como objetivo principal apresentar um panorama de ocorrências de queimadas em área de uso antrópico na região Centro Sul do Estado de Roraima considerando os meses de janeiro, fevereiro e 20 dias do mês de março do ano de 2023. Nesse caso o estudo se baseou em duas imagens Sentinel-2 do dia 21 de março de 2023 abrangendo uma área de 23.038,2 km2 da região centro sul do estado e que intersecta parte dos municípios de Cantá, Caracaraí…

  • Forest conservation in Indigenous territories and protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon

    Open AccessYuanwei Qin, Xiangming Xiao et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2023Cited by: 3References: 5

  • Viewpoint

    Open AccessStephannie Fernandes, G Wilson Fernandes et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2023Cited by: 1References: 17

  • Brazil’s urban ecosystems threatened by law

    Open AccessValter M Azevedo-Santos, Vanessa S Daga et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2023References: 37

  • Amazônia

    Open AccessLuiza Garnelo, Philip M Fearnside et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2023Cited by: 3References: 9

    O interesse global pela preservação da Amazônia, acentuado pela necessidade de mitigar a mudança climática global 1,2 , tem tímida repercussão nas vidas cotidianas daqueles que nela vivem.Ao longo dos séculos, as atividades econômicas predominantes na Amazônia têm se baseado na exploração cíclica de algum recurso natural 3,4 .O extrativismo, caracterizado pela baixa densidade tecnológica e forte antropização dos ambientes, é realizado com meios r…

  • Amazon

    Open AccessLuiza Garnelo, Philip M Fearnside et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2023References: 9

  • Aboveground biomass allometric models for large trees in southwestern Amazonia

    Open AccessFlora Magdaline Benitez Romero, Laércio Antônio Gonçalves Jacovine et al.ARTICLETrees Forests and People2022

    Most of the basal area in Amazon forest is in large trees, many of which are species of interest for forest management. In forest management these trees are divided into the commercial bole that is harvested for wood production and the stump and crown that are left in the forest where they decompose and emit CO2 over a period of years. Part of the commercial bole is converted to wood products that store carbon according to their durability. The q…

  • Brazil’s Covid-19 Epicenter in Manaus

    Open AccessLucas Ferrante, Luiz Henrique Duczmal et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2022

  • Brazil's Iguaçu National Park threatened by illegal activities

    Open AccessVictor Mateus Prasniewski, Neucir Szinwelski et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2022

    The spectacularly biodiverse Atlantic Forest of South America has been reduced to fragmented remnants. The largest remaining inland fragment is protected by national parks on either side of the iconic Iguassu Falls on the border between Brazil and Argentina. Biodiversity in the parks has been under pressure from illegal activities such as commercial hunting, fishing and extraction of palm hearts. A proposed road through Brazil’s Igua\c{c}u Nation…

  • Forest loss is significantly higher near clustered small dams than single large dams per megawatt of hydroelectricity installed in the Brazilian Amazon

    Open AccessSamuel Nickerson, Gang Chen et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2022

    Hydropower in the Brazilian Amazon is a prevalent form of development, but dams have widespread and long-term environmental impacts that include deforestation in the areas surrounding the dams. Small hydropower plants (SHPs) are often perceived as having reduced environmental impacts compared to the large ones. In Brazil, SHPs are licensed by state governments, which have less strict requirements than the federal environmental agency. Brazil’s de…

  • Land grabbing in the Brazilian Amazon

    Open AccessGabriel Cardoso Carrero, Robert Walker et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2022Cited by: 7References: 31

  • Amazon environmental services

    Open AccessPhilip M FearnsideARTICLEAMBIO2022Cited by: 2References: 15

  • The First Case of Immunity Loss and Sars-CoV-2 Reinfection by the Same Virus Lineage in Amazonia

    Open AccessLucas Ferrante, Sophia Livas et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2021

  • Mining threatens isolated indigenous peoples in the Brazilian Amazon

    Open AccessSara Villén‐Pérez, Sara Villén-Pérez et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2021Cited by: 14References: 8

    The largest concentration of isolated indigenous peoples in the world is in the indigenous lands of the Brazilian Legal Amazon. However, the right to self-isolation and the survival of these societies are at risk because powerful interests want to exploit the natural assets of their relatively untouched areas. These ambitions are reflected in a recent bill (PL191/2020), which proposes opening up indigenous lands to mining. We assess the threat im…

  • Brazil’s conservation reform and the reduction of deforestation in Amazonia

    Open AccessThales A P West, Philip M FearnsideARTICLELand Use Policy2021Cited by: 13References: 68

  • Land grabbing on Brazil's Highway BR-319 as a spearhead for Amazonian deforestation

    Open AccessLucas Ferrante, Maryane Bento Trindade de Andrade et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2021Cited by: 8References: 16

  • Simulated deforestation versus satellite data in Roraima, Northern Amazonia, Brazil

    Open AccessPaulo Eduardo Barni, Reinaldo Imbrózio Barbosa et al.ARTICLESustainability in Debate2020

    Cenários de mudança de uso e cobertura da terra na Amazônia são necessários para subsidiar decisões que podem evitar a emissão de milhões de toneladas de CO2 para a atmosfera. Portanto, é importante avaliar modelos que visam a geração de cenários futuros. O atual estudo avaliou cenários gerados para o período 2011-2017 em Roraima, norte da Amazônia. Comparou-se o desmatamento simulado com os dados de satélite do PRODES. O mapeamento compreendeu (…

  • Brazil’s policies threaten Quilombola communities and their lands amid the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessMarcondes Geraldo Coelho Junior, Marcondes G Coelho-Junior et al.ARTICLEEcosystems and People2020

    The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of people is not limited to health risks, but also to their livelihoods in nature, and consequently, to uses of ecosystems. In Brazil, among the dif

  • Amazonian indigenous peoples are threatened by Brazil’s Highway BR-319

    Open AccessLucas Ferrante, Mercio Gomes et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2020Cited by: 10References: 8

  • Brazilian government violates Indigenous rights

    Lucas Ferrante, Philip M FearnsideCited by: 3

    The current presidential administration of Brazil has implemented a legislative agenda aimed at weakening protections of Indigenous peoples, in line with an ideological discourse and the direct participation of the armed forces in this process. This agenda has enabled invasions of Indigenous lands and a much higher COVID-19 mortality rate for Indigenous peoples when compared to non-Indigenous people. A bill recently approved by the Chamber of Dep…