Deforestation and Carbon Loss in Southwest Amazonia: Impact of Brazil’s Revised Forest Code
Abstract: In 2012 Brazil’s National Congress altered the country’s Forest Code, decreasing various environmental protections in the set of regulations governing forests. This suggests consequences in increased deforestation and emissions of greenhouse gases and in decreased protection of fragile eco...
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oai:repositorio:1-15365 Deforestation and Carbon Loss in Southwest Amazonia: Impact of Brazil’s Revised Forest Code Roriz, Pedro Augusto Costa Yanai, Aurora Miho Fearnside, Philip Martin Climate Change Codes (symbols) Deforestation Environmental Regulations Global Warming Greenhouse Gases Land Use Laws And Legislation Satellite Imagery Carbon Emissions Current Codes Forest Policy Inlinemediaobject Land-use Change Landscape Dynamics Riparian Zones Tropical Forest Forestry Carbon Carbon Carbon Emission Climate Change Deforestation Environmental Policy Environmental Protection Global Warming Greenhouse Gas Land-use Change Landscape Change Parameterization Regulatory Framework Satellite Imagery Software Tropical Forest Carbon Footprint Deforestation Riparian Ecosystem Satellite Imagery Vegetation Wetland Brasil Carbon Sequestration Climate Change Ecosystem Environmental Protection Forest Government Regulation Legislation And Jurisprudence Theoretical Model Trends Amazonas Amazonia Brasil Brasil Carbon Carbon Sequestration Climate Change Conservation Of Natural Resources Ecosystem Forests Government Regulation Models, Theoretical Satellite Imagery Wetlands Abstract: In 2012 Brazil’s National Congress altered the country’s Forest Code, decreasing various environmental protections in the set of regulations governing forests. This suggests consequences in increased deforestation and emissions of greenhouse gases and in decreased protection of fragile ecosystems. To ascertain the effects, a simulation was run to the year 2025 for the municipality (county) of Boca do Acre, Amazonas state, Brazil. A baseline scenario considered historical behavior (which did not respect the Forest Code), while two scenarios considered full compliance with the old Forest Code (Law 4771/1965) and the current Code (Law 12,651/2012) regarding the protection of “areas of permanent preservation” (APPs) along the edges of watercourses. The models were parameterized from satellite imagery and simulated using Dinamica-EGO software. Deforestation actors and processes in the municipality were observed in loco in 2012. Carbon emissions and loss of forest by 2025 were computed in the three simulation scenarios. There was a 10% difference in the loss of carbon stock and of forest between the scenarios with the two versions of the Forest Code. The baseline scenario showed the highest loss of carbon stocks and the highest increase in annual emissions. The greatest damage was caused by not protecting wetlands and riparian zones. © 2017, The Author(s). 2020-05-08T20:34:55Z 2020-05-08T20:34:55Z 2017 Artigo https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/15365 10.1007/s00267-017-0879-3 en Volume 60, Número 3, Pags. 367-382 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Brazil http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/br/ application/pdf Environmental Management |
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Climate Change Codes (symbols) Deforestation Environmental Regulations Global Warming Greenhouse Gases Land Use Laws And Legislation Satellite Imagery Carbon Emissions Current Codes Forest Policy Inlinemediaobject Land-use Change Landscape Dynamics Riparian Zones Tropical Forest Forestry Carbon Carbon Carbon Emission Climate Change Deforestation Environmental Policy Environmental Protection Global Warming Greenhouse Gas Land-use Change Landscape Change Parameterization Regulatory Framework Satellite Imagery Software Tropical Forest Carbon Footprint Deforestation Riparian Ecosystem Satellite Imagery Vegetation Wetland Brasil Carbon Sequestration Climate Change Ecosystem Environmental Protection Forest Government Regulation Legislation And Jurisprudence Theoretical Model Trends Amazonas Amazonia Brasil Brasil Carbon Carbon Sequestration Climate Change Conservation Of Natural Resources Ecosystem Forests Government Regulation Models, Theoretical Satellite Imagery Wetlands |
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Climate Change Codes (symbols) Deforestation Environmental Regulations Global Warming Greenhouse Gases Land Use Laws And Legislation Satellite Imagery Carbon Emissions Current Codes Forest Policy Inlinemediaobject Land-use Change Landscape Dynamics Riparian Zones Tropical Forest Forestry Carbon Carbon Carbon Emission Climate Change Deforestation Environmental Policy Environmental Protection Global Warming Greenhouse Gas Land-use Change Landscape Change Parameterization Regulatory Framework Satellite Imagery Software Tropical Forest Carbon Footprint Deforestation Riparian Ecosystem Satellite Imagery Vegetation Wetland Brasil Carbon Sequestration Climate Change Ecosystem Environmental Protection Forest Government Regulation Legislation And Jurisprudence Theoretical Model Trends Amazonas Amazonia Brasil Brasil Carbon Carbon Sequestration Climate Change Conservation Of Natural Resources Ecosystem Forests Government Regulation Models, Theoretical Satellite Imagery Wetlands Roriz, Pedro Augusto Costa Deforestation and Carbon Loss in Southwest Amazonia: Impact of Brazil’s Revised Forest Code |
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Climate Change Codes (symbols) Deforestation Environmental Regulations Global Warming Greenhouse Gases Land Use Laws And Legislation Satellite Imagery Carbon Emissions Current Codes Forest Policy Inlinemediaobject Land-use Change Landscape Dynamics Riparian Zones Tropical Forest Forestry Carbon Carbon Carbon Emission Climate Change Deforestation Environmental Policy Environmental Protection Global Warming Greenhouse Gas Land-use Change Landscape Change Parameterization Regulatory Framework Satellite Imagery Software Tropical Forest Carbon Footprint Deforestation Riparian Ecosystem Satellite Imagery Vegetation Wetland Brasil Carbon Sequestration Climate Change Ecosystem Environmental Protection Forest Government Regulation Legislation And Jurisprudence Theoretical Model Trends Amazonas Amazonia Brasil Brasil Carbon Carbon Sequestration Climate Change Conservation Of Natural Resources Ecosystem Forests Government Regulation Models, Theoretical Satellite Imagery Wetlands |
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Abstract: In 2012 Brazil’s National Congress altered the country’s Forest Code, decreasing various environmental protections in the set of regulations governing forests. This suggests consequences in increased deforestation and emissions of greenhouse gases and in decreased protection of fragile ecosystems. To ascertain the effects, a simulation was run to the year 2025 for the municipality (county) of Boca do Acre, Amazonas state, Brazil. A baseline scenario considered historical behavior (which did not respect the Forest Code), while two scenarios considered full compliance with the old Forest Code (Law 4771/1965) and the current Code (Law 12,651/2012) regarding the protection of “areas of permanent preservation” (APPs) along the edges of watercourses. The models were parameterized from satellite imagery and simulated using Dinamica-EGO software. Deforestation actors and processes in the municipality were observed in loco in 2012. Carbon emissions and loss of forest by 2025 were computed in the three simulation scenarios. There was a 10% difference in the loss of carbon stock and of forest between the scenarios with the two versions of the Forest Code. The baseline scenario showed the highest loss of carbon stocks and the highest increase in annual emissions. The greatest damage was caused by not protecting wetlands and riparian zones. © 2017, The Author(s). |
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Roriz, Pedro Augusto Costa |
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Yanai, Aurora Miho Fearnside, Philip Martin |
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Deforestation and Carbon Loss in Southwest Amazonia: Impact of Brazil’s Revised Forest Code |
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Deforestation and Carbon Loss in Southwest Amazonia: Impact of Brazil’s Revised Forest Code |
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Deforestation and Carbon Loss in Southwest Amazonia: Impact of Brazil’s Revised Forest Code |
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Deforestation and Carbon Loss in Southwest Amazonia: Impact of Brazil’s Revised Forest Code |
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Deforestation and Carbon Loss in Southwest Amazonia: Impact of Brazil’s Revised Forest Code |
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deforestation and carbon loss in southwest amazonia: impact of brazil’s revised forest code |
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Environmental Management |
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2020 |
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