Gerd Sparovek

Biographic Data

ID	895136
NAME	Gerd Sparovek
GIVEN NAMES	Gerd
FAMILY NAME	Sparovek
SIGNATURE	SPAROVEK G
AFFILIATIONS	Universidade de São Paulo
ORCID	0000-0001-8301-8529
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	20
TOTAL CITATIONS	91
WORKS AS AUTHOR	20
WORKS AS EDITOR	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2023
H-INDEX	6

Grain-cropping suitability for evaluating the agricultural land use change in Brazil
Open AccessJosé Lucas Safanelli, Rogério de Souza Nóia Júnior et al.ARTICLEApplied Geography2023
Yield increases mediated by pollination and carbon payments can offset restoration costs in coffee landscapes
Open AccessFrancisco d’Albertas, Gerd Sparovek et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2023
Taxation aiming environmental protection
Open AccessArthur Nicolaus Fendrich, Alberto Barretto et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2022Cited by: 1References: 44
Trading deforestation—why the legality of forest-risk commodities is insufficient
Open AccessTiago N P dos Reis, Vinicius Guidotti et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2021
Consumer countries and blocs, including the UK and the EU, are defining legal measures to tackle deforestation linked to commodity imports, potentially requiring imported goods to comply with the relevant producer countries’ land-use laws. Nonetheless, this measure is insufficient to address global deforestation. Using Brazil’s example of a key exporter of forest-risk commodities, here we show that it has ∼3.25 Mha of natural habitat (storing ∼15…
Science-based Stakeholder Dialogue for Environmental Policy Implementation
Open AccessAlice Dantas Brites, Kaline De Mello et al.ARTICLEConservation and Society2021
Science-based stakeholder dialogue is a strategy to bring science closer to decision-making with increasing importance for the design of environmental policies. The need for such an approximation has been stressed, but documented implementations are rare. We present our experience of developing a science-based dialogue for the Brazilian Forest Code implementation and share the lessons learned. We departed from a mix of participatory methods to co…
Achieving private conservation targets in Brazil through restoration and compensation schemes without impairing productive lands
Open AccessKaline De Mello, Arthur Nicolaus Fendrich et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2021Cited by: 2References: 1
Testing temporal benchmarks effects on the implementation of the new Brazilian Forest Act
Open AccessPaulo André Tavares, Alice Dantas Brites et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2021Cited by: 2References: 2
Integrating ecological equivalence for native vegetation compensation
Open AccessKaline De Mello, Arthur Nicolaus Fendrich et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2021Cited by: 1References: 42
Changes in Brazil’s Forest Code can erode the potential of riparian buffers to supply watershed services
Open AccessVinicius Guidotti, Silvio Frosini De Barros Ferraz et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2020Cited by: 1References: 68
Who owns Brazilian lands
Open AccessGerd Sparovek, Bastiaan Philip Reydon et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2019Cited by: 19References: 10
Asymmetries of cattle and crop productivity and efficiency during Brazil’s agricultural expansion from 1975 to 2006
Open AccessGerd Sparovek, Vinicius Guidotti et al.ARTICLEElementa Science of the…2018
Brazil has global importance for food production and conservation of natural resources. The country has plans to increase yields and commitments to decrease deforestation that require higher productivity. Plans and policies for the growth of Brazilian agriculture, however, have been made without an integrated analysis of the harvest and not supported by a universal metric regarding its efficiency. Applying methods to model flows of energy and mat…
Potential increase of legal deforestation in Brazilian Amazon after Forest Act revision
Open AccessFlavio L M Freitas, Gerd Sparovek et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2018Cited by: 7References: 6
A new high‐resolution nationwide aboveground carbon map for Brazil
Open AccessOskar Englund, Gerd Sparovek et al.ARTICLEGeo Geography and Environment2017Cited by: 1References: 2
Brazil is home to the largest tracts of tropical vegetation in the world, harbouring high levels of biodiversity and carbon. Several biomass maps have been produced for Brazil, using different approaches and methods, and for different purposes. These maps have been used to estimate historic, recent, and future carbon emissions from land use change ( LUC ). It can be difficult to determine which map to use for what purpose. The implications of usi…
Best practice for the use of scenarios for restoration planning
Open AccessJean Paul Metzger, K J Esler et al.ARTICLECurrent Opinion in Environmental…2017Cited by: 8References: 6
Offsetting legal deficits of native vegetation among Brazilian landholders
Open AccessFlavio L M Freitas, Gerd Sparovek et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2017Cited by: 9References: 29
Actions and opinions of Brazilian farmers who shift to sugarcane⿿an interview-based assessment with discussion of implications for land-use change
Open AccessA Egeskog, Alberto Barretto et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2016Cited by: 1References: 23
Oil palm for biodiesel in Brazil—risks and opportunities
Open AccessOskar Englund, Göran Berndes et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2015
Although mainly used for other purposes, and historically mainly established at the expense of tropical forests, oil palm can be the most land efficient feedstock for biodiesel. Large parts of Brazil are suitable for oil palm cultivation and a series of policy initiatives have recently been launched to promote oil palm production. These initiatives are however highly debated both in the parliament and in academia. Here we present results of a hig…
Köppen's climate classification map for Brazil
Open AccessClayton Alcarde Alvares, Jose Luiz Stape et al.ARTICLEMeteorologische Zeitschrift2013
Köppen's climate classification remains the most widely used system by geographical and climatological societies across the world, with well recognized simple rules and climate symbol letters. In Brazil, climatology has been studied for more than 140 years, and among the many proposed methods Köppen's system remains as the most utilized. Considering Köppen's climate classification importance for Brazil (geography, biology, ecology, meteorology, h…
The revision of the Brazilian Forest Act
Open AccessGerd Sparovek, Göran Berndes et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2011Cited by: 26References: 1
A revisão do Código Florestal brasileiro
Open AccessGerd Sparovek, Alberto Barretto et al.ARTICLENovos Estudos - CEBRAP2011Cited by: 13References: 2
O artigo reúne informações e análises que pretendem demonstrar a importância do Código Florestal para a conservação das importantes reservas de áreas preservadas que ainda temos no Brasil, bem como a necessidade e os caminhos para sua revisão, visando alcançar o possível e plausível equilíbrio entre o respeito à natureza e o desenvolvimento agrícola