アマゾンの炭素排出量の増加は,主に法執行力の低下による
Luciana V Gatti1,2, Camilla L Cunha3, Luciano Marani3
1General Coordination of Earth Science (CGCT), National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos, Brazil. luciana.gatti@inpe.br.
Nature
|August 23, 2023
まとめ
アマゾンの環境法執行の弱まりは 森林破壊と炭素排出量の増加につながりました 政策の執行の減少はアマゾンに大きく影響した.
科学分野:
- 環境科学
- 気候科学
- 林業
背景:
- 重要な炭素吸収源であるアマゾンの森林は 土地利用の変化や 気候の変化により 減少しています
- 環境保護政策はアマゾンの炭素のバランスを維持するために不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- 2010年から2018年までの間,アマゾンの炭素バランスに環境法執行における変化の影響を調査する.
- 政策の実施に関連した炭素排出量,森林破壊,バイオマス燃焼の変化を定量化する.
主な方法:
- 大気中のCO2の垂直プロフィールの分析
- 森林破壊と火災のデータを活用しました
- 違法な森林伐採と関連罰金に関する違反の通知を調査した.
主要な成果:
- アマゾニアの炭素排出量は,2010年から2018年にかけて大幅に増加した.
- 森林伐採と焼失面積は大幅に増加し,違反の通知と罰金は減少しました.
- 西アマゾンは調査期間中に純炭素源に転換した.
結論:
- 森林破壊,バイオマスの燃焼,森林の劣化に直接関係しています
- これらの要因は 炭素の排出量を増加させ アマゾンの森林の温暖化と 乾燥に寄与しました
- 発見は,アマゾンの炭素吸収機能の保全において,強力な環境政策の実施が果たす重要な役割を強調しています.
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