Journal
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 1, Issue 11, Pages 657-664Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41893-018-0175-0
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- Norwegian government through the World Bank
- CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico)
- CAPES (Coordenacao e Aperfeicoamento de Nivel Superior)
- Humboldt Foundation
- TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) AgriFood project
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The Brazilian Amazon forest is tremendously important for its ecosystem services but attribution of economically measurable values remains scarce. Mapping these values is essential for designing conservation strategies that suitably combine regional forest protection with sustainable forest use. We estimate spatially explicit economic values for a range of ecosystem services provided by the Brazilian Amazon forest, including food production (Brazil nut), raw material provision (rubber and timber), greenhouse gas mitigation (CO2 emissions) and climate regulation (rent losses to soybean, beef and hydroelectricity production due to reduced rainfall). Our work also includes the mapping of biodiversity resources and of rent losses to timber production by fire-induced degradation. Highest values range from US$56.72 +/- 10 ha (-1) yr(-1) to US$737 +/- 134 ha(-1) yr(-1) but are restricted to only 12% of the remaining forest. Our results, presented on a web platform, identify regions where high ecosystem services values cluster together as potential information to support decision-making.
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