Publication: Persistent collapse of biomass in Amazonian forest edges following deforestation leads to unaccounted carbon losses
Persistent collapse of biomass in Amazonian forest edges following deforestation leads to unaccounted carbon losses
| dc.contributor.author | Silva, C.H.L. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Aragão, L.E.O.C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Anderson, L.O. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fonseca, M.G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shimabukuro, Y.E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vancutsem, C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Achard, F. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Beuchle, R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Numata, I. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Silva, C.A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Maeda, E.E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Longo, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Saatchi, S.S. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-23T18:58:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-23T18:58:18Z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://open.fsc.org/handle/resource/1051 | |
| dc.title | Persistent collapse of biomass in Amazonian forest edges following deforestation leads to unaccounted carbon losses | en |
| dcterms.abstract | Deforestation is the primary driver of carbon losses in tropical forests, but it does not operate alone. Forest frag- mentation, a resulting feature of the deforestation process, promotes indirect carbon losses induced by edge effect. This process is not implicitly considered by policies for reducing carbon emissions in the tropics. Here, we used a remote sensing approach to estimate carbon losses driven by edge effect in Amazonia over the 2001 to 2015 period. We found that carbon losses associated with edge effect (947 Tg C) corresponded to one-third of losses from deforestation (2592 Tg C). Despite a notable negative trend of 7 Tg C year?1 in carbon losses from deforestation, the carbon losses from edge effect remained unchanged, with an average of 63 ± 8 Tg C year?1. Carbon losses caused by edge effect is thus an additional unquantified flux that can counteract carbon emissions avoided by reducing deforestation, compromising the Paris Agreement's bold targets. | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Public | |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open access | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Silva Junior, C.H., Aragao, L.E., Anderson, L.O., Fonseca, M.G., Shimabukuro, Y.E., Vancutsem, C., Achard, F., Beuchle, R., Numata, I., Silva, C.A. and Maeda, E.E., 2020. Persistent collapse of biomass in Amazonian forest edges following deforestation lead | en |
| dcterms.issued | 2020 | |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.license | CC-BY-NC-4.0 | en |
| dcterms.type | Journal Article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| is.availability.fullText | Full text available | |
| is.contributor.funderType | Mixed sources | |
| is.coverage.region | South America | |
| is.evaluation.collection | Company/certified entities /co-op data records | |
| is.evaluation.collection | Mapping | |
| is.evaluation.dataSource | Intergovernmental data (World Bank, UN, FAO data) | |
| is.evidenceSubType | Empirical study - with matched control, data collected before and after intervention | |
| is.evidenceType | Empirical study | |
| is.focus.products | Other forestry and logging | |
| is.focus.sdg | SDG 15 - Life on Land | |
| is.focus.sectors | Agriculture | |
| is.focus.sectors | Forestry | |
| is.focus.sustainDimension | Environmental | |
| is.focus.sustainIssue | Forests and other ecosystems | |
| is.focus.sustainLens | Landscape approaches | |
| is.focus.sustainOutcome | Carbon sequestration | |
| is.focus.sustainOutcome | Deforestation | |
| is.focus.systemElement | MandE outcomes and impacts | |
| is.focus.systemElement | MandE performance monitoring | |
| is.identifier.code | Impacts | |
| is.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaz8360 | |
| is.identifier.fscdoi | http://dx.doi.org/10.34800/fsc-international334 | |
| is.identifier.schemeType | Voluntary Sustainability Standards | |
| is.item.reviewStatus | Peer reviewed | |
| is.journalName | Science Advances |