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April 14, 2016
How forest certificates can impact environmental conservation in Brazil
With support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Woods Hole Research Center recently co-authored a research article that analyses the potential opportunities and challenges surrounding payments for ecosystem services that are embedded in the new Forest Code. The research shows that while the forest certificates market has great potential for environmental conservation, it must be implemented with great care, in connection with other key programs.
Read the full research article in PLoS ONE here.

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April 14, 2016
Study examines seasonal carbon and water balances in the Cerrado environment of Brazil
With support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, grantees at the Woods Hole Research Center published a study that examines past, present and future influences of land cover and land use. The study focuses on seasonal carbon and water balances of the Cerrado environment.

The study ultimately showed that historical landscape conversions reduce biomass by about 50% and evapotranspiration (ET) by about 25%.

Read the study abstract online here.

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April 13, 2016
Revolutionizing research communication through a new academic publishing platform
The way that researchers communicate their work has not changed significantly in the last few centuries; academic publishing still relies on journal articles and has not kept up with technological advances, new analytical tools, or the globalization of research. To help address this discrepancy, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has granted Collaborative Knowledge Foundation, or CKF, $1.3M to develop a new open source, modular platform for scholarly knowledge production and academic publishing.