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The inclusion of Amazon mangroves in Brazil's REDD+ program
Nature communications, Vol.15, 1549
04/03/2024
PMID: 38438380
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Abstract
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−1; which are significantly higher than Brazilian upland biomes currently included into national carbon offset financing. Conversion of mangroves results in potential emissions of 1228 Mg CO2e ha−1, which are 3-fold higher than land use emissions from conversion of the Amazon rainforest. Our work provides the foundation for the inclusion of mangroves in Brazil’s intended Nationally Determined Contribution, and here we show that halting mangrove deforestation in the Legal Amazon would generate avoided emissions of 0.9 ± 0.3 Teragrams (Tg) CO2e yr−1; which is equivalent to the annual carbon accumulation in 82,400 ha of secondary forests.
Details
- Title
- The inclusion of Amazon mangroves in Brazil's REDD+ program
- Creators
- Angelo F Bernardino - Universidade Federal do Espírito SantoAna Carolina A Mazzuco - Flanders Marine InstituteRodolfo F Costa - Universidade de São PauloFernanda Souza - Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da BiodiversidadeMargaret A Owuor - University of BernGabriel N Nobrega - Universidade Federal do CearáChristian J Sanders - Southern Cross UniversityTiago O Ferreira - University of Sao PauloJ Boone Kauffman - Oregon State University
- Publication Details
- Nature communications, Vol.15, 1549
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Grant note
- PFA-21-PP031 / National Geographic Society PFA-21-PP031 / Rolex
- Identifiers
- 991013172807502368
- Copyright
- © The Author(s) 2024. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering; National Marine Science Centre
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article