- Email:
- pmassoca@gmail.com
- Website:
- https://sites.google.com/view/paulo-massoca/research-agenda
Recent Publications:
2025 Giles, A.L. et al., 2025. Simple ecological indicators benchmark regeneration success of Amazonian forests. Commun Earth Environ 6, 269. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02246-9.
2025 Massoca, P. et al. 2025. The power of local initiatives in transforming Amazonian Biosphere Reserves. MAB-UNESCO. https://doi.org/10.54677/PJIL8703
2024 Vieira, I.C.G. et al. 2024. Governance and policy constraints of natural forest regeneration in the Brazilian Amazon. Restoration Ecology. Vol. 33, No. 1, e14272. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.14272.
2024 Jakovac, C.C., Giles, A., Vieira, D.M., Massoca, P. et al. Glossário da Regeneração Natural. Available at: http://regenera-amaz.pdbff.org.br/glossario/. 2023 REGENERA-Amazônia
2023. Recomendações para o monitoramento da regeneração natural na Amazônia. Manaus, Brazil. 24p. Available at: http://regenera-amaz.pdbff.org.br/files/nota-tecnica-recomendacoes-para-o-monitoramento-da-regeneracao-natural-na-amazonia.pdf
2023 Rosenfield, M.F., Jakovac, C.C., Vieira, D.L.M., Poorter, L., Brancalion, P.H.S., Vieira, I.C.G., de Almeida, D.R.A., Massoca, P., Schietti, J., Albernaz, A.L.M., Ferreira, M.J., Mesquita, R.C.G., 2023. Ecological integrity of tropical secondary forests: concepts and indicators. Biol. Rev. 98, 662–676. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12924
2022 Delaroche, M., Dias, V.M., Massoca, P.E., 2023. The intertemporal governance challenges of Brazil’s Amazon: managing soybean expansion, deforestation rates, and urban floods. Sustain. Sci. 18, 43–58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-022-01149-4
2022 Massoca, P.E.S., Brondízio, E.S., 2022. National policies encounter municipal realities: A critical analysis of the outcomes of the List of Priority Municipalities in curbing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. World Dev. 158, 106004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.106004
2022 Massoca, P.E.S., Brondízio, E.S., 2022. Protegemos quando valorizamos: história da legislação florestal brasileira. Estud. Av. 36, 183–183. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0103-4014.2022.36106.011
2022 Benzeev, R., Wilson, B., Butler, M., Massoca, P., Paudel, K., Redmore, L., Zarbá, L., 2022. What’s governance got to do with it? Examining the relationship between governance and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. PLOS ONE 17, e0269729. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269729