Sugarcane: Brazilian public policies threaten the Amazon and Pantanal biomes
The Brazilian government once again threatens its natural heritage by issuing a decree that liberates the sugarcane plantations in the Pantanal and the Amazon regions. The production of a non-sanctioned crop is likely to become the newest driver of deforestation in these biomes. Direct conversion of...
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| author | Mendelson Lima Carlos Antonio da Silva Junior Tatiane Deotti Pelissari Thaís Lourençoni Iago Manuelson Santos Luz Francis Junior Araujo Lopes |
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| description | The Brazilian government once again threatens its natural heritage by issuing a decree that liberates the sugarcane plantations in the Pantanal and the Amazon regions. The production of a non-sanctioned crop is likely to become the newest driver of deforestation in these biomes. Direct conversion of forests, migration of livestock to new forested areas, rising land values, the danger of forest fires spreading and of carbon emissions from burning sugarcane during harvesting can all create a carbon balance debt and impact on water balance that could take centuries to offset and will compromise the sustainability of the Brazilian ethanol sector. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2bbeca5f9efb4608a54d5e7beae1eb902022-12-21T22:31:02ZengElsevierPerspectives in Ecology and Conservation2530-06442020-07-01183210212Sugarcane: Brazilian public policies threaten the Amazon and Pantanal biomesMendelson Lima0Carlos Antonio da Silva Junior1Tatiane Deotti Pelissari2Thaís Lourençoni3Iago Manuelson Santos Luz4Francis Junior Araujo Lopes5State University of Mato Grosso (UNEMAT), Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso, BrazilState University of Mato Grosso (UNEMAT), Department of Geography, Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil; Corresponding author.State University of Mato Grosso (UNEMAT), Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso, BrazilState University of Mato Grosso (UNEMAT), Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso, BrazilState University of Mato Grosso (UNEMAT), Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso, BrazilState University of Mato Grosso (UNEMAT), Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso, BrazilThe Brazilian government once again threatens its natural heritage by issuing a decree that liberates the sugarcane plantations in the Pantanal and the Amazon regions. The production of a non-sanctioned crop is likely to become the newest driver of deforestation in these biomes. Direct conversion of forests, migration of livestock to new forested areas, rising land values, the danger of forest fires spreading and of carbon emissions from burning sugarcane during harvesting can all create a carbon balance debt and impact on water balance that could take centuries to offset and will compromise the sustainability of the Brazilian ethanol sector.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064420300262SustainabilityAgricultureTropical forestPublic policy |
| spellingShingle | Mendelson Lima Carlos Antonio da Silva Junior Tatiane Deotti Pelissari Thaís Lourençoni Iago Manuelson Santos Luz Francis Junior Araujo Lopes Sugarcane: Brazilian public policies threaten the Amazon and Pantanal biomes Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation Sustainability Agriculture Tropical forest Public policy |
| title | Sugarcane: Brazilian public policies threaten the Amazon and Pantanal biomes |
| title_full | Sugarcane: Brazilian public policies threaten the Amazon and Pantanal biomes |
| title_fullStr | Sugarcane: Brazilian public policies threaten the Amazon and Pantanal biomes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sugarcane: Brazilian public policies threaten the Amazon and Pantanal biomes |
| title_short | Sugarcane: Brazilian public policies threaten the Amazon and Pantanal biomes |
| title_sort | sugarcane brazilian public policies threaten the amazon and pantanal biomes |
| topic | Sustainability Agriculture Tropical forest Public policy |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064420300262 |
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