Amazon Soil Carbon: Policy Brief Summary The conversion of forest to agriculture in the Amazon triggers a “deforestation multiplier,” resulting in a total carbon loss equivalent to approximately 1.2 times the original forest’s aboveground biomass. While current carbon credit standards like VERRA/VCS focus on standing timber, new evidence highlights the significant, unprotected carbon stocks remaining…
A new study reveals an unprecedented increase in wildfires in tropical peatlands during the 20th century. Peatlands store vast quantities of carbon below the Earth’s surface – more than all the world’s forest biomass combined – but when they catch fire large amounts of the stored carbon is released into the atmosphere. Wildfires in tropical regions have been on the rise in recent decades, but the history and characteristics of wildfires in tropical peatlands remain largely unknown. …
Pyrogenic Carbon in the Amazon: quantifying soil carbon responses to the effect of fire. 2021/00976-4 – UKRI – NERC – Research Project – Thematic Plinio Barbosa de Camargo (CENA/USP) – Ted R. Feldpausch Institution: Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture USP Supervisor name: Plínio Camargo / Ted Feldpausch Lab. Isotopic Ecology. USP SCENE Recipient:…
