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| Author(s): |
Chaves, Michel E. D.
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Mataveli, Guilherme
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V. Conceicao, Katyanne
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Adami, Marcos
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Petrone, Felipe G.
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Sanches, Ieda D.
Total Authors: 6
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | PERSPECTIVES IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION; v. 22, n. 1, p. 8-pg., 2024-01-01. |
| Abstract | |
Brazil can provide ecosystem services, food, and combat climate change-related vulnerabilities. However, this possibility is obliterated by the increasing deforestation in the Brazilian Legal Amazon derived from illegalities and political incentives to a business-as-usual economic development model that clears land for real estate speculation or extensive agro-livestock. Recently, the state governments of Amazonas, Acre, and Rondonia, supported by agro-livestock-related institutions, proposed a zone for economic development in a region of confluence accounting for 23.37% of these states' total area. Formerly "Sustainable Development Zone between the States of Amazonas, Acre, and Rondonia" (AMACRO), it was renamed to "Abuna-Madeira Sustainable Development Zone (SDZ)" to meet sustainability criteria; however, environmental impact studies regarding its implementation still lack. By integrating land tenure and official deforestation datasets from 2012 to 2022, we assess whether this region is becoming a notable deforestation hotspot. Results showed growing deforestation trends for all land tenure classes, alarmingly in protected areas, since 2018, when the project was announced. Unlike possible economic gains, deforestation in this region affects essential edaphoclimatic conditions for Brazil's agro-livestock, worsening environmental and socioeconomic vulnerabilities. Effective territorial planning, environmental impact studies, and law enforcement are urgently needed before establishing the zone to avoid a regional hecatomb. (c) 2024 Associacao Brasileira de Ciencia Ecologica e Conservacao. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 23/03206-0 - Improving biomass burning emissions estimates by updating emission factors values |
| Grantee: | Guilherme Augusto Verola Mataveli |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor |
| FAPESP's process: | 21/07382-2 - Use of dense Sentinel-2/MSI time series and machine learning algorithms to improve crop monitoring in the Cerrado biome |
| Grantee: | Michel Eustáquio Dantas Chaves |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |
| FAPESP's process: | 20/15230-5 - Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Innovation - RCG2I |
| Grantee: | Julio Romano Meneghini |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Research Centers in Engineering Program |
| FAPESP's process: | 19/25701-8 - The influence of land use and land cover on fine particulate matter (PM2.5µm) emissions from fire in Amazonia and Cerrado biomes integrating modelling and remote sensing |
| Grantee: | Guilherme Augusto Verola Mataveli |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |