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SUBMITTER: Bernardino AF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10912189 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bernardino Angelo F AF Mazzuco Ana Carolina A ACA Costa Rodolfo F RF Souza Fernanda F Owuor Margaret A MA Nobrega Gabriel N GN Sanders Christian J CJ Ferreira Tiago O TO Kauffman J Boone JB
Nature communications 20240304 1
The Legal Amazon of Brazil holds vast mangrove forests, but a lack of awareness of their value has prevented their inclusion into results-based payments established by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Based on an inventory from over 190 forest plots in Amazon mangroves, we estimate total ecosystem carbon stocks of 468 ± 67 Megagrams (Mg) ha<sup>-1</sup>; which are significantly higher than Brazilian upland biomes currently included into national carbon offset financing. ...[more]