Brazil’s fragmented forests Michael Gross  Current Biology  Volume 27, Issue 14, Pages R681-R684 (July 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.07.001 Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions

Green lands: Tropical forest reserves should be at least 10,000 km2 in size to allow natural ecological processes to remain undisturbed. Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest, near Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. (Photo: Neil Palmer (CIAT).) Current Biology 2017 27, R681-R684DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2017.07.001) Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions

Fragmented forests: A satellite view of the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP) site near Manaus, Brazil. (Photo: http://pdbff.inpa.gov.br/area3p.htm.) Current Biology 2017 27, R681-R684DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2017.07.001) Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions

Flight path: Research at the BDFFP has shown that forest fragmentation and edge effects significantly alter the abundance of bats. (Photo: Oriol Massana and Adrià López-Baucells.) Current Biology 2017 27, R681-R684DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2017.07.001) Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions

Power play: Indigenous populations of Brazil are still exposed to numerous attempts to take away their land, and protests, like these ahead of the 2014 World Cup, are common. Research has shown that protecting indigenous land rights is also an efficient way of protecting tropical forests. (Photo: Wilsonsterling1/(CC BY-SA 4.0). Current Biology 2017 27, R681-R684DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2017.07.001) Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions