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Amazon deforestation: simulated impact of Brazil's proposed BR-319 highway project.
Santos, Jerfferson L; Yanai, Aurora M; Graça, Paulo M L A; Correia, Francis W S; Fearnside, Philip M.
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  • Santos JL; Postgraduate program in Climate and the Environment, National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA), Av. André Araújo, 2936, CEP, Manaus, Amazonas, 69067-375, Brazil. jlds.dcl19@uea.edu.br.
  • Yanai AM; Postgraduate program in Climate and the Environment, State University of Amazonas (UEA), Av. Darcy Vargas, 1200, CEP, Manaus, Amazonas, 69050-020, Brazil. jlds.dcl19@uea.edu.br.
  • Graça PMLA; Department of Environmental Dynamics, National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA), Av. André Araújo, 2936, CEP, Manaus, Amazonas, 69067-375, Brazil.
  • Correia FWS; Department of Environmental Dynamics, National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA), Av. André Araújo, 2936, CEP, Manaus, Amazonas, 69067-375, Brazil.
  • Fearnside PM; Postgraduate program in Climate and the Environment, State University of Amazonas (UEA), Av. Darcy Vargas, 1200, CEP, Manaus, Amazonas, 69050-020, Brazil.
Environ Monit Assess ; 195(10): 1217, 2023 Sep 16.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37714991
The scenario of deforestation in the Amazon may change with the reconstruction of Highway BR-319, a long-distance road that will expand the region's agricultural frontier towards the north and west of the Western Amazon, stretches that until then have extensive areas of primary forest due to the hard access. We simulate the deforestation that would be caused by the reconstruction and paving of Highway BR-319 in Brazil's state of Amazonas for the period from 2021 to 2100. The scenarios were based on the historical dynamics of deforestation in the state of Amazonas (business as usual, or BAU). Two deforestation scenarios were developed: (a) BAU_1, where Highway BR-319 is not reconstructed, maintaining its current status, and (b) BAU_2, where the reconstruction and paving of the highway will take place in 2025, favoring the advance of the deforestation frontier to the northern and western portion of the state of Amazonas. In the scenario where the highway reconstruction is foreseen (BAU_2), the results show that deforestation increased by 60% by 2100 compared to the scenario without reconstruction (BAU_1), demonstrating that paving would increase deforestation beyond the limits of the highway's official buffer area (40 km). The study showed that protected areas (conservation units and indigenous lands) help to maintain forest cover in the Amazon region. At the same time, it shows how studies like this one can help in decision-making.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Monitoramento Ambiental / Conservação dos Recursos Naturais Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Environ Monit Assess Assunto da revista: SAUDE AMBIENTAL Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Holanda
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Monitoramento Ambiental / Conservação dos Recursos Naturais Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Environ Monit Assess Assunto da revista: SAUDE AMBIENTAL Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Holanda