the study mata atlântica, paleoterritórios e história ambiental (atlantic rainforest: paleoterritories and environmental history), by rogério ribeiro de oliveira  addresses the atlantic rainforest and the anthropic interferences imposed on this biome throughout time - its goal is to include the legacy of human activity as part of the explanation for its ecological state.

published by the associação de preservação do meio ambiente e da vida - apremavi (association for the presrvation of the environment - apremavi), the paper on this link offers further details on rio de janeiro's atlantic forest, for both city and state.