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http://hdl.handle.net/1843/52108| Type: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Title: | Enabling large-scale forest restoration in Minas Gerais state, Brazil |
| Authors: | Felipe S. M. Nunes Britaldo Silveira Soares Filho Raoni Rajão Frank Merry |
| Abstract: | Large-scale forest restoration is a cornerstone of Brazil's new Forest Code and a key element in its National Determined Contribution (NDC) to emissions reduction. But the path to this target remains unclear due to a lack of information on its economics and implementation challenges. Here, we begin to fill this gap by developing a spatially-explicit model for Minas Gerais state that estimates the costs and benefits of native vegetation regeneration under different restoration approaches. Our results show that 36% (0.7 million ha) of the Forest Code debt in Minas Gerais can be restored using only passive restoration, at a cost of US$ 175 ± 47 million. Adding low-cost assisted natural regeneration would increase that number to 75% (1.5 million ha) at a cost of US$ 776 ± 137 million over a 20 yr period. This would result in a potential sequestration of 284 MtCO2e. However, including the intensive planting methods needed to restore the remaining 25% of highly degraded areas—to fully solve the Forest Code debt and result in a potential sequestration of 345 MtCO2e—would more than double the costs to US$ 1.7 ± 0.3 billion. Our results emphasize the need to implement regional policies that take advantage of the natural regeneration potential as well as prioritize the restoration of areas key to ecosystem services. |
| Subject: | Ecologia Florestas - Legislação Florestas - Reprodução |
| language: | eng |
| metadata.dc.publisher.country: | Brasil |
| Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Publisher Initials: | UFMG |
| metadata.dc.publisher.department: | IGC - DEPARTAMENTO DE CARTOGRAFIA |
| Rights: | Acesso Aberto |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa6658 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/52108 |
| Issue Date: | 12-Apr-2017 |
| metadata.dc.url.externa: | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa6658 |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Enviromental Research Letters |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigo de Periódico |
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