Role of Brazilian Amazon protected areas in climate change mitigation
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais · Woodwell Climate Research Center · +3 more institutions
Abstract
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…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 30.32
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 38
Authors
12- BSBritaldo Soares‐FilhoCorresponding
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
- PMPaulo Moutinho
Woodwell Climate Research Center, Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia
- DCDaniel C. Nepstad
Woodwell Climate Research Center, Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia
- AΒAnthony Β. Anderson
- HRHermann Rodrigues
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Columbia University
Topics & keywords
- Amazon rainforest
- Deforestation (computer science)
- Natural resource economics
- Climate change
- Incentive
- Greenhouse gas
- Environmental protection
- Geography