The inclusion of Amazon mangroves in Brazil’s REDD+ program

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Angelo F. Bernardino
Ana Carolina A. Mazzuco
Rodolfo F. Costa
Fernanda Souza
Margaret A. Owuor
Gabriel N. Nobrega
Christian J. Sanders
Tiago O. Ferreira
J. Boone Kauffman
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[1] Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo,Departamento de Oceanografia
[2] University of Sao Paulo,Department of Soil Science, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture
[3] Ministério do Meio Ambiente,Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade
[4] Wyss Academy for Nature at the University of Bern,Institute of Ecology and Evolution
[5] University of Bern,Departamento de Ciências do Solo
[6] Universidade Federal do Ceará,National Marine Science Centre
[7] Southern Cross University,Department of Fisheires, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences
[8] Oregon State University,UNESCO/IOC Project Office for IODE
[9] Flanders Marine Institute,undefined
[10] InnovOcean Campus,undefined
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Nature Communications | / 15卷
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The Legal Amazon of Brazil holds vast mangrove forests, but a lack of awareness of their value has prevented their inclusion into results-based payments established by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Based on an inventory from over 190 forest plots in Amazon mangroves, we estimate total ecosystem carbon stocks of 468 ± 67 Megagrams (Mg) ha−1; which are significantly higher than Brazilian upland biomes currently included into national carbon offset financing. Conversion of mangroves results in potential emissions of 1228 Mg CO2e ha−1, which are 3-fold higher than land use emissions from conversion of the Amazon rainforest. Our work provides the foundation for the inclusion of mangroves in Brazil’s intended Nationally Determined Contribution, and here we show that halting mangrove deforestation in the Legal Amazon would generate avoided emissions of 0.9 ± 0.3 Teragrams (Tg) CO2e yr−1; which is equivalent to the annual carbon accumulation in 82,400 ha of secondary forests.
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