コメント on "アマゾンの森林における火災発生が,REDDに意味を持つ"
Jennifer K Balch1, Daniel C Nepstad, Paulo M Brando
1Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), Brasília, DF 71.503-505, Brazil. balch@nceas.ucsb.edu
まとめ
農業の国境での火災は増加しており,数え切れないほどの炭素排出につながっています. 現在,国連の気候変動条約による森林の劣化に関する推定では,森林の燃焼は含まれていない.
科学分野:
- 環境科学 環境科学
- 気候科学 気候科学
- 林業 林業 林業 林業 林業
背景:
- 農業の境界線は,森林伐採の割合が低下しているにもかかわらず,火災発生率の増加を経験しています.
- 国連気候変動条約の森林の劣化成分に基づく既存の炭素排出量の推定値は不完全である可能性があります.
- この研究は,観測された火災の傾向と現在の炭素会計の方法論の間の不一致に対処しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 火災発生と森林伐採の関係を分析する.
- 火災が炭素排出量に及ぼす影響を評価する.
- 森林の劣化に対する現在の炭素会計の正確性を評価する.
主な方法:
- 農業の国境地帯における火災データの分析.
- 火災の傾向と森林破壊の傾向を比較する.
- 国連気候変動条約に基づく炭素排出量の推定方法論のレビュー.
主要な成果:
- 農業国境での火災発生率が増加しています.
- この増加は,森林伐採の減少と同時に行われる.
- 森林の燃焼は,未確認の炭素排出に寄与しています.
結論:
- 農業の国境における火災の増加は,計測されていない炭素排出量の重要な源である.
- 現在,熱帯森林伐採と森林の劣化を説明する国連の気候条約は,森林の燃焼を含むように精細化する必要があります.
- 政策とモニタリングは,気候変動緩和の努力を改善するために,農業の国境における火災管理に取り組むべきである.
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