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DOI | 10.1038/s41893-022-00968-8 |
Protecting the Amazon forest and reducing global warming via agricultural intensification | |
Marin, Fabio R.; Zanon, Alencar J.; Monzon, Juan P.; Andrade, Jose F.; Silva, Evandro H. F. M.; Richter, Gean L.; Antolin, Luis A. S.; Ribeiro, Bruna S. M. R.; Ribas, Giovana G.; Battisti, Rafael; Heinemann, Alexandre B.; Grassini, Patricio | |
发表日期 | 2022 |
ISSN | 2398-9629 |
起始页码 | 1018 |
结束页码 | + |
卷号 | 5期号:12页码:14 |
英文摘要 | Vast areas of the Amazon forest have been lost to agriculture in recent decades. This study assesses the potential of intensification-increasing yields on a given area-to produce more soybean in Brazil without further Amazon forest loss and to reduce existing CO2 emissions. The Amazon basin includes 550 Mha covered with rainforests, and 60% of this area is in Brazil. The conversion of rainforest for soybean production raises concerns about how Brazil can reconcile production and environmental goals. Here we investigated the degree to which intensification could help Brazil produce more soybean without further encroachment on the Amazon forest. Our analysis shows that the continuation of current trends in soybean yield and area would lead to the conversion of an additional 5.7 Mha of forests and savannahs during the next 15 years, with an associated 1,955 Mt of CO(2)e released into the atmosphere. In contrast, the acceleration of yield improvement, coupled with the expansion of soybean area only in areas currently used for livestock production, would allow Brazil to produce 162 Mt of soybean without deforestation and with 58% lower global climate warming relative to that derived from the continuation of current trends. |
学科领域 | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000865679500004 |
来源期刊 | NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/272835 |
作者单位 | Universidade de Sao Paulo; Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM); University of Nebraska System; University of Nebraska Lincoln; Centro Nacional Patagonico (CENPAT); Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET); University of Buenos Aires; Universidade Federal de Goias; Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (EMBRAPA) |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Marin, Fabio R.,Zanon, Alencar J.,Monzon, Juan P.,et al. Protecting the Amazon forest and reducing global warming via agricultural intensification[J],2022,5(12):14. |
APA | Marin, Fabio R..,Zanon, Alencar J..,Monzon, Juan P..,Andrade, Jose F..,Silva, Evandro H. F. M..,...&Grassini, Patricio.(2022).Protecting the Amazon forest and reducing global warming via agricultural intensification.NATURE SUSTAINABILITY,5(12),14. |
MLA | Marin, Fabio R.,et al."Protecting the Amazon forest and reducing global warming via agricultural intensification".NATURE SUSTAINABILITY 5.12(2022):14. |
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