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Projeto CIRAD : Développement regional et déforestation, quelles alternatives durables pour l'Amazonie ?. Projeto FAPESP : Mundanças do uso da terra e da floresta e efeito estufa nas frentes pioneiras da Amazõna Brasileira

Piketty M.G.. 2003. s.l. : s.n., 46 p..

The first proposal objective was to identify, analyse and compare the impact of key socio-economic and agro-ecological variables on land use and land use changes, and its contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, in the Brazilian Amazon, in order to propose a set of detailed hypothesis for future scenarios of land use changes in this region. The second objective was to identify and survey available databases that allow to analyse what kind of activity or agricultural practices could reduce GHG emissions from land use and land use changes in the Amazon. So far, the attention has focussed on the issue of forest conservation or avoided deforestation, because of the high carbon content of the forest biomass and other ecological benefits. However, there are other land use activities that could be considered in the future Brazilian strategies of GHG emissions mitigation. Moreover, CDM should not only allow GHG emissions mitigation but also, to some extent, be cheap and promote sustainable development. These other criteria require closer examination to evaluate the potential advantages and constraints of land use alternative (Part 2). Finally, the concluding section will propose a detailed set of hypothesis on the influence of key socio-economic and agro-ecological variables on land use changes in the Amazon. An integrated methodology will then be described to try to build robust prospective scenarios of land use changes and sustainable development in the Amazon, assess their potential impact on GHG emissions and test possible mitigation actions.

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