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Nature: Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink

By Giovanny Vera 20 de March de 201514 de September de 2020

Atmospheric carbon dioxide records indicate that the land surface has acted as a strong global carbon sink over recent decades, with a substantial fraction of this sink probably located in the tropics, particularly in the Amazon.

Hydropower is accused of reservoir filling without remove vegetation

By Giovanny Vera 30 de January de 201514 de September de 2020

The Public Prosecutor opened investigation into accusations. Irregularity was spotted in aerial photographs and published in Olhar Direto site.

The late Dr. Kye Epps teaches Wapichana field researchers how to measure tree diameter, information that can then be used to calculate a tree's biomass and carbon storage.

Stanford News: Scientists team with indigenous will produce carbon calculations

By Stefano Wrobleski 26 de January de 201514 de September de 2020

By teaching basic ecology field work techniques to indigenous groups in the Amazon, Stanford researchers have found that satellite measurements of rainforests in the area underestimate the region’s carbon storage potential.

Threatened indigenous forests store more than half the Amazon’s carbon

By Giovanny Vera 4 de December de 201414 de September de 2020

New study asserts lax, nonexistent land rights put indigenous-held forests at risk of development

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Forest fragmentation’s carbon bomb: 736 million tonnes C02 annually

By Stefano Wrobleski 13 de October de 201414 de September de 2020

When forests are slashed into fragments, winds dry out the edges leading to dying trees and rising temperatures. Now, a new study finds another worrisome impact of forest fragmentation: carbon emissions.

Systems that combine livestock, farming and forest can reduce carbon emissions

By Giovanny Vera 26 de March de 201414 de September de 2020

Research of carbon in Amazonian soils reveals that integrated farming systems are able to absorb greenhouse gases better than traditional crops and pastures.

Environmental Defense Fund: California’s carbon market could help stop Amazon deforestation

By Stefano Wrobleski 14 de February de 201414 de September de 2020

Recognizing the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation program in California’s carbon market would provide real incentives for further reductions.

La Hora: With climate change, the Amazon will no longer cool the atmosphere

By Giovanny Vera 10 de February de 201414 de September de 2020

The rainforest will become a source of carbon dioxide if climate change continues and extremes in precipitation, according to a study published in the British journal Nature.

Drought and fire are reducing ability of Amazon Rainforest to store carbon

By Stefano Wrobleski 7 de February de 201414 de September de 2020

New research published in Nature adds further evidence to the argument that drought and fire are reducing the Amazon’s ability to store carbon, raising concerns that Earth’s largest rainforest could tip from a carbon sink to a carbon source.

Amazon on the agenda

By Giovanny Vera 6 de February de 201414 de September de 2020

Carbon balance of the largest tropical forest on Earth depends on rainfall, says an article in ‘Nature’. In the same issue, new interpretations of satellite imagery explain ‘greening’ of the forest during the dry season.

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