Carbon sequestration potential of second-growth forest regeneration in the Latin American tropics
Regrowth of tropical secondary forests following complete or nearly complete removal of forest vegetation actively stores carbon in aboveground biomass, partially counterbalancing carbon emissions from deforestation, forest degradation, burning of fossil fuels, and other anthropogenic sources. We es...
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oai:repositorio:1-15819 Carbon sequestration potential of second-growth forest regeneration in the Latin American tropics Chazdon, Robin L. Broadbent, Eben N. Rozendaal, Danaë M.A. Bongers, Frans Zambrano, Angélica María Almeyda Aide, T. Mitchell Balvanera, Patricia Becknell, Justin M. Boukili, Vanessa K.S. Brancalion, Pedro Henrique Santin Craven, Dylan Almeida-Cortez, J. S. Cabral, George A.L. Jong, Ben H.J. de Denslow, Julie Sloan Dent, Daisy H. DeWalt, Saara J. Dupuy, Juan Manuel Durán, Sandra Milena Espírito-Santo, Mário M. Fandiño, María C. César, Ricardo Gomes Hall, Jefferson Scott Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis Jakovac, Catarina Conte Junqueira, André Braga Kennard, Deborah K. Letcher, Susan G. Lohbeck, Madelon Martínez-Ramos, Miguel Massoca, Paulo E.S. Meave, Jorge A. Mesquita, Rita de Cássia Guimarães Mora, Francisco Muñoz, Rodrigo Muscarella, Robert A. Nunes, Yule Roberta Ferreira Ochoa-Gaona, Susana Orihuela-Belmonte, Edith Pena-Claros, Marielos Pérez-García, Eduardo A. Piotto, Daniel Powers, Jennifer Sarah Rodríguez-Velázquez, Jorge Enrique Romero-Pérez, Isabel Eunice Ruíz, Jorge Saldarriaga, Juan Guillermo Sanchez-Azofeifa, A. Schwartz, Naomi B. Steininger, Marc K. Swenson, Nathan G. Uríarte, Ma?ia Van Breugel, Michiel van der Wal, Hans Veloso, Maria das Dores Magalhães Vester, Henricus Franciscus Maria Guimarães Vieira, Ima Cèlia Bentos, Tony Vizcarra Williamson, G. Bruce Poorter, L. Agriculture Biodiversity Carbon Dioxide Deforestation Ecology Ecosystems Fossil Fuels Industrial Emissions Land Use Reforestation Tropics Aboveground Biomass Anthropogenic Sources Carbon Mitigation Policies Carbon Sequestration Potential Latin America And The Caribbean Natural Regeneration Second-growth Forests Tropical Secondary Forests Forestry Agricultural Land Biodiversity Biomass Carbon Cycle Carbon Sequestration Ecosystem Environmental Protection Forest Geography South And Central America Tropic Climate Biodiversity Biomass Carbon Cycle Carbon Sequestration Conservation Of Natural Resources Ecosystem Farms Forests Geography Latin America Tropical Climate Regrowth of tropical secondary forests following complete or nearly complete removal of forest vegetation actively stores carbon in aboveground biomass, partially counterbalancing carbon emissions from deforestation, forest degradation, burning of fossil fuels, and other anthropogenic sources. We estimate the age and spatial extent of lowland second-growth forests in the Latin American tropics and model their potential aboveground carbon accumulation over four decades. Our model shows that, in 2008, second-growth forests (1 to 60 years old) covered 2.4 million km2 of land (28.1%of the total study area).Over 40 years, these lands can potentially accumulate a total aboveground carbon stock of 8.48 Pg C (petagrams of carbon) in aboveground biomass via low-cost natural regeneration or assisted regeneration, corresponding to a total CO2 sequestration of 31.09 Pg CO2. This total is equivalent to carbon emissions from fossil fuel use and industrial processes in all of Latin America and the Caribbean from1993 to 2014. Ten countries account for 95% of this carbon storage potential, led by Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela. We model future land-use scenarios to guide national carbon mitigation policies. Permitting natural regeneration on 40% of lowland pastures potentially stores an additional 2.0 Pg C over 40 years. Our study provides information and maps to guide national-level forest-based carbon mitigation plans on the basis of estimated rates of natural regeneration and pasture abandonment. Coupled with avoided deforestation and sustainable forestmanagement, natural regeneration of second-growth forests provides a low-costmechanism that yields a high carbon sequestration potential with multiple benefits for biodiversity and ecosystem services. © 2016 The Authors. 2020-05-19T13:43:50Z 2020-05-19T13:43:50Z 2016 Artigo https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/15819 10.1126/sciadv.1501639 en Volume 2, Número 5 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Brazil http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/br/ application/pdf Science Advances |
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Agriculture Biodiversity Carbon Dioxide Deforestation Ecology Ecosystems Fossil Fuels Industrial Emissions Land Use Reforestation Tropics Aboveground Biomass Anthropogenic Sources Carbon Mitigation Policies Carbon Sequestration Potential Latin America And The Caribbean Natural Regeneration Second-growth Forests Tropical Secondary Forests Forestry Agricultural Land Biodiversity Biomass Carbon Cycle Carbon Sequestration Ecosystem Environmental Protection Forest Geography South And Central America Tropic Climate Biodiversity Biomass Carbon Cycle Carbon Sequestration Conservation Of Natural Resources Ecosystem Farms Forests Geography Latin America Tropical Climate |
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Agriculture Biodiversity Carbon Dioxide Deforestation Ecology Ecosystems Fossil Fuels Industrial Emissions Land Use Reforestation Tropics Aboveground Biomass Anthropogenic Sources Carbon Mitigation Policies Carbon Sequestration Potential Latin America And The Caribbean Natural Regeneration Second-growth Forests Tropical Secondary Forests Forestry Agricultural Land Biodiversity Biomass Carbon Cycle Carbon Sequestration Ecosystem Environmental Protection Forest Geography South And Central America Tropic Climate Biodiversity Biomass Carbon Cycle Carbon Sequestration Conservation Of Natural Resources Ecosystem Farms Forests Geography Latin America Tropical Climate Chazdon, Robin L. Carbon sequestration potential of second-growth forest regeneration in the Latin American tropics |
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Agriculture Biodiversity Carbon Dioxide Deforestation Ecology Ecosystems Fossil Fuels Industrial Emissions Land Use Reforestation Tropics Aboveground Biomass Anthropogenic Sources Carbon Mitigation Policies Carbon Sequestration Potential Latin America And The Caribbean Natural Regeneration Second-growth Forests Tropical Secondary Forests Forestry Agricultural Land Biodiversity Biomass Carbon Cycle Carbon Sequestration Ecosystem Environmental Protection Forest Geography South And Central America Tropic Climate Biodiversity Biomass Carbon Cycle Carbon Sequestration Conservation Of Natural Resources Ecosystem Farms Forests Geography Latin America Tropical Climate |
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Regrowth of tropical secondary forests following complete or nearly complete removal of forest vegetation actively stores carbon in aboveground biomass, partially counterbalancing carbon emissions from deforestation, forest degradation, burning of fossil fuels, and other anthropogenic sources. We estimate the age and spatial extent of lowland second-growth forests in the Latin American tropics and model their potential aboveground carbon accumulation over four decades. Our model shows that, in 2008, second-growth forests (1 to 60 years old) covered 2.4 million km2 of land (28.1%of the total study area).Over 40 years, these lands can potentially accumulate a total aboveground carbon stock of 8.48 Pg C (petagrams of carbon) in aboveground biomass via low-cost natural regeneration or assisted regeneration, corresponding to a total CO2 sequestration of 31.09 Pg CO2. This total is equivalent to carbon emissions from fossil fuel use and industrial processes in all of Latin America and the Caribbean from1993 to 2014. Ten countries account for 95% of this carbon storage potential, led by Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela. We model future land-use scenarios to guide national carbon mitigation policies. Permitting natural regeneration on 40% of lowland pastures potentially stores an additional 2.0 Pg C over 40 years. Our study provides information and maps to guide national-level forest-based carbon mitigation plans on the basis of estimated rates of natural regeneration and pasture abandonment. Coupled with avoided deforestation and sustainable forestmanagement, natural regeneration of second-growth forests provides a low-costmechanism that yields a high carbon sequestration potential with multiple benefits for biodiversity and ecosystem services. © 2016 The Authors. |
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Broadbent, Eben N. Rozendaal, Danaë M.A. Bongers, Frans Zambrano, Angélica María Almeyda Aide, T. Mitchell Balvanera, Patricia Becknell, Justin M. Boukili, Vanessa K.S. Brancalion, Pedro Henrique Santin Craven, Dylan Almeida-Cortez, J. S. Cabral, George A.L. Jong, Ben H.J. de Denslow, Julie Sloan Dent, Daisy H. DeWalt, Saara J. Dupuy, Juan Manuel Durán, Sandra Milena Espírito-Santo, Mário M. Fandiño, María C. César, Ricardo Gomes Hall, Jefferson Scott Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis Jakovac, Catarina Conte Junqueira, André Braga Kennard, Deborah K. Letcher, Susan G. Lohbeck, Madelon Martínez-Ramos, Miguel Massoca, Paulo E.S. Meave, Jorge A. Mesquita, Rita de Cássia Guimarães Mora, Francisco Muñoz, Rodrigo Muscarella, Robert A. Nunes, Yule Roberta Ferreira Ochoa-Gaona, Susana Orihuela-Belmonte, Edith Pena-Claros, Marielos Pérez-García, Eduardo A. Piotto, Daniel Powers, Jennifer Sarah Rodríguez-Velázquez, Jorge Enrique Romero-Pérez, Isabel Eunice Ruíz, Jorge Saldarriaga, Juan Guillermo Sanchez-Azofeifa, A. Schwartz, Naomi B. Steininger, Marc K. Swenson, Nathan G. Uríarte, Ma?ia Van Breugel, Michiel van der Wal, Hans Veloso, Maria das Dores Magalhães Vester, Henricus Franciscus Maria Guimarães Vieira, Ima Cèlia Bentos, Tony Vizcarra Williamson, G. Bruce Poorter, L. |
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Broadbent, Eben N. Rozendaal, Danaë M.A. Bongers, Frans Zambrano, Angélica María Almeyda Aide, T. Mitchell Balvanera, Patricia Becknell, Justin M. Boukili, Vanessa K.S. Brancalion, Pedro Henrique Santin Craven, Dylan Almeida-Cortez, J. S. Cabral, George A.L. Jong, Ben H.J. de Denslow, Julie Sloan Dent, Daisy H. DeWalt, Saara J. Dupuy, Juan Manuel Durán, Sandra Milena Espírito-Santo, Mário M. Fandiño, María C. César, Ricardo Gomes Hall, Jefferson Scott Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis Jakovac, Catarina Conte Junqueira, André Braga Kennard, Deborah K. Letcher, Susan G. Lohbeck, Madelon Martínez-Ramos, Miguel Massoca, Paulo E.S. Meave, Jorge A. Mesquita, Rita de Cássia Guimarães Mora, Francisco Muñoz, Rodrigo Muscarella, Robert A. Nunes, Yule Roberta Ferreira Ochoa-Gaona, Susana Orihuela-Belmonte, Edith Pena-Claros, Marielos Pérez-García, Eduardo A. Piotto, Daniel Powers, Jennifer Sarah Rodríguez-Velázquez, Jorge Enrique Romero-Pérez, Isabel Eunice Ruíz, Jorge Saldarriaga, Juan Guillermo Sanchez-Azofeifa, A. Schwartz, Naomi B. Steininger, Marc K. Swenson, Nathan G. Uríarte, Ma?ia Van Breugel, Michiel van der Wal, Hans Veloso, Maria das Dores Magalhães Vester, Henricus Franciscus Maria Guimarães Vieira, Ima Cèlia Bentos, Tony Vizcarra Williamson, G. Bruce Poorter, L. |
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Carbon sequestration potential of second-growth forest regeneration in the Latin American tropics |
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Carbon sequestration potential of second-growth forest regeneration in the Latin American tropics |
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Carbon sequestration potential of second-growth forest regeneration in the Latin American tropics |
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Carbon sequestration potential of second-growth forest regeneration in the Latin American tropics |
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Carbon sequestration potential of second-growth forest regeneration in the Latin American tropics |
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carbon sequestration potential of second-growth forest regeneration in the latin american tropics |
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Science Advances |
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2020 |
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