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The Impact of Land Use on Carbon Stocks and Fluxes in Brazilian Amazonia: Implications for Policy

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Interactions Between Biosphere, Atmosphere and Human Land Use in the Amazon Basin

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 227))

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Research on carbon stocks and fluxes in Amazonia is advancing both through the collection of new data and through reinterpretation of older data. Factors affecting carbon stocks and fluxes include deforestation and forest degradation by logging and fire. Clearing and emissions in Brazilian Amazonia have declined substantially since their peak in 2004, but forces pushing in the other direction are expected from planned infrastructure and from recent weakening of the country’s Forest Code and of its environmental licensing process. Emissions from forest degradation by logging and fire are growing and underappreciated concerns.

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I thank Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq: Proc. 304020/2010-9; 573810/2008-7), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas (FAPEAM: Proc. 708565) and Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA: PRJ15.125) for financial support. M.A. dos Santos Jr. prepared Fig. 16.1. I thank L. Nagy and two referees for comments.

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Fearnside, P. (2016). The Impact of Land Use on Carbon Stocks and Fluxes in Brazilian Amazonia: Implications for Policy. In: Nagy, L., Forsberg, B., Artaxo, P. (eds) Interactions Between Biosphere, Atmosphere and Human Land Use in the Amazon Basin. Ecological Studies, vol 227. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49902-3_16

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