Environmental and socioeconomic impacts associated with the production and consumption of sugarcane ethanol in south central Brazil

• Grant number: 08/56252-0
• Support Opportunities: Program for Research on Bioenergy (BIOEN) - Thematic Grants
• Start date: November 01, 2010
• End date: October 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences
• Agreement: CNPq - Pronex
• Principal Investigator: Evlyn Márcia Leão de Moraes Novo
• Grantee: Evlyn Márcia Leão de Moraes Novo
• Host Institution: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE). Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brasil). São José dos Campos , SP, Brazil
• Pesquisadores principais: Bernardo Friedrich Theodor Rudorff ; Karla Maria Longo de Freitas ; Sergio Henrique Franchito

Abstract

This research project intends to cover a wide range of topics related to the impacts of the sugarcane ethanol production and consumption. It initially aims to map the sugarcane cultivated areas in South Central Brazil, so as to support the generation of scenarios related to plausible spatial patterns for the sugarcane crops expansion in the short- and medium-terms. These scenarios will drive biosphere-atmosphere interaction models, designed to assess physical-chemical changes in the atmosphere related to the conversion of natural vegetation cover, agricultural crops, and pasture land into sugarcane culture. The quantitative outcomes of these models in terms of green-house gases, toxic primary or secondary gases, and aerosols will be used to estimate the corresponding impacts of such land cover changes in human health. In addition to this, econometric and economic models will be conceived to analyze the resulting changes of the massive production and consumption of sugarcane ethanol in the urban network and infrastructure, in the natural environment assets, in the social well-being, in the jobs market and related scientific-technological scenario, in the agri-business economics, in agricultural financing policies, in the commodities market and food security (at national level), and in the trade balance. The knowledge gained with this work will shed light on the complex relationships among the sugarcane production and consumption and their related environmental and socioeconomic impacts, providing thus a strategic contribution to public policies and actions aiming at maximizing the benefits of the sugarcane ethanol and minimizing at the same time its undesirable side effects and externalities. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SCOVRONICK, NOAH; FRANCA, DANIELA; ALONSO, MARCELO; ALMEIDA, CLAUDIA; LONGO, KARLA; FREITAS, SAULO; RUDORFF, BERNARDO; WILKINSON, PAUL. Air Quality and Health Impacts of Future Ethanol Production and Use in Sao Paulo State, Brazil. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, v. 13, n. 7, JUL 2016. (08/56252-0)

MELLO, MARCIO PUPIN; VIEIRA, CARLOS A. O.; RUDORFF, BERNARDO F. T.; APLIN, PAUL; SANTOS, RAFAEL D. C.; AGUIAR, DANIEL A.. STARS: A New Method for Multitemporal Remote Sensing. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING, v. 51, n. 4, 1, SI, p. 1897-1913, APR 2013. (08/56252-0)

MACIEL, DANIEL ANDRADE; FARIA BARBOSA, CLAUDIO CLEMENTE; LEAO DE MORAES NOVO, EVLYN MARCIA; FLORES JUNIOR, ROGERIO; BEGLIOMINI, FELIPE NINCAO. Water clarity in Brazilian water assessed using Sentinel-2 and machine learning methods. ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING, v. 182, p. 134-152, DEC 2021. (19/15984-2, 11/19523-8, 11/23594-8, 03/06999-8, 08/56252-0, 12/19821-1, 18/12083-1, 13/09045-7, 14/23903-9)

CAIRO, CAROLLINE TRESSMANN; FARIA BARBOSA, CLAUDIO CLEMENTE; LEAO DE MORAES NOVO, EVLYN MARCIA; CALIJURI, MARIA DO CARMO. Spatial and seasonal variation in diffuse attenuation coefficients of downward irradiance at Ibitinga Reservoir, So Paulo, Brazil. Hydrobiologia, v. 784, n. 1, p. 265-282, JAN 2017. (08/56252-0)

ADAMI, MARCOS; MELLO, MARCIO PUPIN; AGUIAR, DANIEL ALVES; THEODOR RUDORFF, BERNARDO FRIEDRICH; DE SOUZA, ARLEY FERREIRA. A Web Platform Development to Perform Thematic Accuracy Assessment of Sugarcane Mapping in South-Central Brazil. REMOTE SENSING, v. 4, n. 10, p. 3201-3214, OCT 2012. (08/56252-0)

AGUIAR, DANIEL ALVES; THEODOR RUDORFF, BERNARDO FRIEDRICH; SILVA, WAGNER FERNANDO; ADAMI, MARCOS; MELLO, MARCIO PUPIN. Remote Sensing Images in Support of Environmental Protocol: Monitoring the Sugarcane Harvest in Sao Paulo State, Brazil. REMOTE SENSING, v. 3, n. 12, p. 2682-2703, DEC 2011. (08/56252-0)

MELLO, MARCIO PUPIN; RISSO, JOEL; ATZBERGER, CLEMENT; APLIN, PAUL; PEBESMA, EDZER; OLIVEIRA VIEIRA, CARLOS ANTONIO; THEODOR RUDORFF, BERNARDO FRIEDRICH. Bayesian Networks for Raster Data (BayNeRD): Plausible Reasoning from Observations. REMOTE SENSING, v. 5, n. 11, p. 5999-6025, NOV 2013. (08/56252-0)

FREIRE DA SILVA, EDSON FILISBINO; LEAO DE MORAES NOVO, EVLYN MARCIA; LOBO, FELIPE DE LUCIA; FARIA BARBOSA, CLAUDIO CLEMENTE; CAIRO, CAROLLINE TRESSMANN; NOERNBERG, MAURICIO ALMEIDA; DA SILVA ROTTA, LUIZ HENRIQUE. A machine learning approach for monitoring Brazilian optical water types using Sentinel-2 MSI. REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS-SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT, v. 23, AUG 2021. (12/19821-1, 13/09045-7, 14/23903-9, 08/56252-0)

CAIRO, CAROLLINE; BARBOSA, CLAUDIO; LOBO, FELIPE; NOVO, EVLYN; CARLOS, FELIPE; MACIEL, DANIEL; FLORES JUNIOR, ROGERIO; SILVA, EDSON; CURTARELLI, VICTOR. Hybrid Chlorophyll-a Algorithm for Assessing Trophic States of a Tropical Brazilian Reservoir Based on MSI/Sentinel-2 Data. REMOTE SENSING, v. 12, n. 1, JAN 1 2020. (08/56252-0)

MELLO, MARCIO PUPIN; VIEIRA, CARLOS A. O.; RUDORFF, BERNARDO F. T.; APLIN, PAUL; SANTOS, RAFAEL D. C.; AGUIAR, DANIEL A.. STARS: A New Method for Multitemporal Remote Sensing. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING, v. 51, n. 4, p. 17-pg., 2013-04-01. (08/56252-0)

MELLO, MARCIO PUPIN; AGUIAR, DANIEL ALVES; THEODOR RUDORFF, BERNARDO FRIEDRICH; PEBESMA, EDZER; JONES, JIM; PONTES SANTOS, NAIARA CAROLINA; IEEE. SPATIAL STATISTIC TO ASSESS REMOTE SENSING ACREAGE ESTIMATES: AN ANALYSIS OF SUGARCANE IN SAO PAULO STATE, BRAZIL. 2013 IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM (IGARSS), v. N/A, p. 4-pg., 2013-01-01. (08/56252-0)

DA SILVA, EDSON FILISBINO FREIRE; NOVO, EVLYN MARCIA LEAO DE MORAES; LOBO, FELIPE DE LUCIA; BARBOSA, CLAUDIO CLEMENTE FARIA; NOERNBERG, MAURICIO ALMEIDA; ROTTA, LUIZ HENRIQUE DA SILVA; CAIRO, CAROLLINE TRESSMANN; MACIEL, DANIEL ANDRADE; FLORES JUNIOR, ROGERIO. Optical water types found in Brazilian waters. LIMNOLOGY, v. 22, n. 1, JUL 2020. (13/09045-7, 14/23903-9, 12/19821-1, 08/56252-0)

FRANCA, DANIELA; LONGO, KARLA; RUDORFF, BERNARDO; AGUIAR, DANIEL; FREITAS, SAULO; STOCKLER, RAFAEL; PEREIRA, GABRIEL. Pre-harvest sugarcane burning emission inventories based on remote sensing data in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Atmospheric Environment, v. 99, p. 446-456, DEC 2014. (08/56252-0)

FRANCA, DANIELA DE AZEREDO; LONGO, KARLA MARIA; SOARES NETO, TURIBIO GOMES; SANTOS, JOSE CARLOS; FREITAS, SAULO R.; RUDORFF, BERNARDO F. T.; CORTEZ, ELY VIEIRA; ANSELMO, EDSON; CARVALHO, JR., JOAO ANDRADE. Pre-Harvest Sugarcane Burning: Determination of Emission Factors through Laboratory Measurements. ATMOSPHERE, v. 3, n. 1, p. 164-180, MAR 2012. (08/04490-4, 08/56252-0, 02/08964-4)

EVLYN MÁRCIA LEÃO DE MORAES NOVO; LUCIANA DE RESENDE LONDE; CLAUDIO BARBOSA; CARLOS A. S. DE ARAUJO; CAMILO DALELES RENNÓ. Proposta de um indicador de estado trófico a partir de imagens do sensor TM/Landsat. Rev. Ambient. Água, v. 8, n. 3, p. 65-82, 2013-12-00. (08/56252-0)

SCOVRONICK, NOAH; FRANCA, DANIELA; ALONSO, MARCELO; ALMEIDA, CLAUDIA; LONGO, KARLA; FREITAS, SAULO; RUDORFF, BERNARDO; WILKINSON, PAUL. Air Quality and Health Impacts of Future Ethanol Production and Use in Sao Paulo State, Brazil. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, v. 13, n. 7, p. 13-pg., 2016-07-01. (08/56252-0)

MACIEL, DANIEL ANDRADE; PAHLEVAN, NIMA; BARBOSA, CLAUDIO CLEMENTE FARIA; DE NOVO, EVLYN MARCIA LEAO DE MORAES; PAULINO, REJANE SOUZA; MARTINS, VITOR SOUZA; VERMOTE, ERIC; CRAWFORD, CHRISTOPHER J.. Validity of the Landsat surface reflectance archive for aquatic science: Implications for cloud-based analysis. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY LETTERS, v. N/A, p. 9-pg., 2023-08-06. (18/12083-1, 03/06999-8, 20/14613-8, 11/19523-8, 13/09045-7, 12/19821-1, 11/23594-8, 08/56252-0, 14/23903-9)