Deforestation and Carbon Stock Loss in Brazil's Amazonian Settlements.

ABSTRACT: We estimate deforestation and the carbon stock in 2740 (82 %) of the 3325 settlements in Brazil's Legal Amazonia region. Estimates are made both using available satellite data and a carbon map for the "pre-modern" period (prior to 1970). We used data from Brazil's Project for Monitoring Deforestation in Amazonia updated through 2013 and from the Brazilian Biomes Deforestation Monitoring Project (PMDBBS) updated through 2010. To obtain the pre-modern and recent carbon stocks we performed an intersection between a carbon map and a map derived from settlement boundaries and deforestation data. Although the settlements analyzed occupied only 8 % of Legal Amazonia, our results indicate that these settlements contributed 17 % (160,410 km²) of total clearing (forest + non-forest) in Le

SUBMITTER: Yanai AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5306089 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature