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Role of Brazilian Amazon protected areas in climate change mitigation [1]

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Protected areas (PAs) now shelter 54% of the remaining forests of the Brazilian Amazon and contain 56% of its forest carbon. However, the role of these PAs in reducing carbon fluxes to the atmosphere from deforestation and their associated costs are still uncertain. To fill this gap, we analyzed the effect of each of 595 Brazilian Amazon PAs on deforestation using a metric that accounts for differences in probability of deforestation in areas of pairwise comparison. We found that the three major categories of PA (indigenous land, strictly protected, and sustainable use) showed an inhibitory effect, on average, between 1997 and 2008. Of 206 PAs created after the year 1999, 115 showed increased effectiveness after their designation as protected. The recent expansion of PAs in the Brazilian Amazon was responsible for 37% of the region's total reduction in deforestation between 2004 and 2006 without provoking leakage. All PAs, if fully implemented, have the potential to avoid 8.0

Publication Date: 
15/06/2010
Paulo Moutinho [2], Britaldo Soares-Filho [3], Daniel Nepstad & et al [4]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [5]
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Tags:
Amazon [6], Tropical Forests [7], Deforestation [8], Climate Change [9], Climate Mitigation [10], Protected Area Conservation [11], Brazil [12], Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [5], Paulo Moutinho [2], Britaldo Soares-Filho [3], Daniel Nepstad & et al [4]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/role-brazilian-amazon-protected-areas-climate-change-mitigation
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/paulo-moutinho
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/britaldo-soares-filho
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/daniel-nepstad-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/proceedings-national-academy-sciences
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/amazon
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tropical-forests
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-mitigation
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/protected-area-conservation
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/brazil