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Silva Junior, Celso H. L.
[1, 2]
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Aragao, Luiz E. O. C.
[3, 1, 2]
;
Anderson, Liana O.
[4, 2]
;
Fonseca, Marisa G.
[1, 2, 5]
;
Shimabukuro, Yosio E.
[1, 2]
;
Vancutsem, Christelle
[6]
;
Achard, Frederic
[6]
;
Beuchle, Rene
[6]
;
Numata, Izaya
[7]
;
Silva, Carlos A.
[8]
;
Maeda, Eduardo E.
[9]
;
Longo, Marcos
[10]
;
Saatchi, Sassan S.
[10, 11]
Total Authors: 13
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| Affiliation: Show less - | [1] Natl Inst Space Res, Remote Sensing Div, Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP - Brazil
[2] Trop Ecosyst & Environm Sci Lab, Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP - Brazil
[3] Univ Exeter, Coll Life & Environm Sci, Geog, Exeter, Devon - England
[4] Natl Ctr Monitoring & Early Warning Nat Disasters, Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP - Brazil
[5] Veraterra Mapping & Environm Consultancy, Praca Pedro Gomes S-N, BR-45680000 Urucuca, BA - Brazil
[6] European Commiss, Joint Res Ctr JRC, I-21027 Ispra - Italy
[7] South Dakota State Univ, Geospatial Sci Ctr Excellence, Brookings, SD 57007 - USA
[8] Univ Florida, Sch Forest Resources & Conservat, Gainesville, FL 32611 - USA
[9] Univ Helsinki, Fac Sci, Dept Geosci & Geog, Helsinki - Finland
[10] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109 - USA
[11] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Inst Environm & Sustainabil, Los Angeles, CA 90024 - USA
Total Affiliations: 11
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | SCIENCE ADVANCES; v. 6, n. 40 SEP 2020. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 8 |
| Abstract | |
Deforestation is the primary driver of carbon losses in tropical forests, but it does not operate alone. Forest fragmentation, 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. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 16/02018-2 - Interannual variation of Amazon Basin greenhouse gas balances and their controls in a warming and increasingly variable climate – Carbam: the Amazon carbon balance long-term study |
| Grantee: | Luciana Vanni Gatti |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Program on Global Climate Change - Thematic Grants |