Philip M. Fearnside

National Institute of Amazonian Research — Brazil

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

93h-index34.9kcitations612works2.92yr avg
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Research Topics

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management(232), Economic and Environmental Valuation(84), Forest ecology and management(70), Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact(55), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(40)

Publications611 total

The roots of Amazonia’s droughts and floods: complex interactions of Pacific and Atlantic sea-surface temperatures
Frontiers in Climate·2025Open Access
Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change: Foundations, Evidence, and Challenges for The Latin American Amazon
Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental·2025Open Access
Brazil’s hypocrisy at COP30
Science·2025
Bolivia’s political transition and COP30
Science·2025
Demystifying the Romanticized Narratives About Carbon Credits From Voluntary Forest Conservation
Global Change Biology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Threats of Brazil’s new oil drilling frontier
Nature Sustainability·2025· 3 cited
The 2023 Manaus smoke crisis and the role of highway BR-319 in a new Amazon fire cycle
Discover Sustainability·2025Open Access
Modeling the impact of planned highways on deforestation and illegal land occupation in a critical area of Brazilian Amazonia: the Trans-Purus region
Regional Environmental Change·2025
Conservation of an endangered amazonian primate: priority areas for the pied tamarin (Saguinus bicolor) in Manaus, Brazil
Journal for Nature Conservation·2025· 3 cited
A global map of wood density
2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Beyond species means – the intraspecific contribution to global wood density variation
2025Open Access
Edge Effects in the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil’s Roraima State
Forests·2025Open Access
Hidrelétricas na Amazônia: a falácia da “energia limpa”
2025Open Access
Brazil’s ‘bill of devastation’ pushes Amazon towards tipping point
2025· 1 cited
“PL da devastação” simboliza perigosa contradição entre discurso e prática na política ambiental brasileira
2025
Dense Forests in the Brazilian State of Amapá Store the Highest Biomass in the Amazon Basin
Sustainability·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
The impact of Amazon deforestation is magnified by changing the configuration of forest cover
Environmental Conservation·2025
Impacts of Belo Monte dam on fish co-occurrence and artisanal fishing
Journal of Environmental Management·2025
Effects of climate change and El Niño anomalies on historical declines, extinctions, and disease emergence in Brazilian amphibians
Conservation Biology·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Carbon Content of Amazonian Commercial Tree Boles: Implications for Forest Management
Sustainability·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

William F. Laurance(10), Bruce Nelson(4), Euler Melo Nogueira(4), Jérôme Chave(3), Scott Bergen(3), Patricia Delamônica(3), Ana Luisa Albernaz(3), Susan G. W. Laurance(3), Sammya D’Angelo(2), Ted R. Feldpausch(2), Oliver L. Phillips(2), Timothy R. Baker(2), Simon L. Lewis(2), Kofi Affum‐Baffoe(2), E.J.M.M. Arets(2), Nicholas Berry(2), Gloria Djagbletey(2), Tomas F. Domingues(2), Mabiane Batista França(2), Gabriela López‐González(2)