@Article{SilvaJúniorAAFSVABNSMLS:2020:PeCoBi,
author = "Silva J{\'u}nior, Celso Henrique Leite and Arag{\~a}o, Luiz
Eduardo Oliveira e Cruz de and Anderson, Liana O. and Fonseca,
Marisa Gesteira and Shimabukuro, Yosio Edemir and Vancutsem,
Christelle and Achard, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric and Beuchle, Ren{\'e}
and Numata, Izaya and Silva, Carlos A. and Maeda, Eduardo E. and
Longo, Marcos and Saatchi, Sassan S.",
affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto
Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Centro Nacional de
Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais (CEMADEN)} and
{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto
Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Joint Research Centre
(JRC)} and {Joint Research Centre (JRC)} and {Joint Research
Centre (JRC)} and {South Dakota State University} and {University
of Florida} and {University of Helsinki} and {California Institute
of Technology} and {California Institute of Technology}",
title = "Persistent collapse of biomass in Amazonian forest edges following
deforestation leads to unaccounted carbon losses",
journal = "Science Advances",
year = "2020",
volume = "6",
number = "40",
month = "Sept",
abstract = "Deforestation is the primary driver of carbon losses in tropical
forests, but it does not operate alone. Forest fragmentation, a
resulting feature of the deforestation process, promotes indirect
carbon losses induced by edge effect. This process is not
implicitly considered by policies for reducing carbon emissions in
the tropics. Here, we used a remote sensing approach to estimate
carbon losses driven by edge effect in Amazonia over the 2001 to
2015 period. We found that carbon losses associated with edge
effect (947 Tg C) corresponded to one-third of losses from
deforestation (2592 Tg C). Despite a notable negative trend of 7
Tg C year\−1 in carbon losses from deforestation, the
carbon losses from edge effect remained unchanged, with an average
of 63 ± 8 Tg C year\−1. Carbon losses caused by edge effect
is thus an additional unquantified flux that can counteract carbon
emissions avoided by reducing deforestation, compromising the
Paris Agreement's bold targets.",
doi = "10.1126/sciadv.aaz8360",
url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaz8360",
issn = "2375-2548",
language = "en",
targetfile = "silva junior_persistent.pdf",
urlaccessdate = "29 mar. 2024"
}