亚马逊碳排放增加主要是由于执法部门的下降
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
概括
亚马逊地区的环境执法削弱导致森林砍伐和碳排放增加. 这种政策的落后对亚马逊地区产生了重大影响.
科学领域:
- 环境科学
- 气候科学
- 森林管理
背景情况:
- 由于土地使用和气候变化,
- 环境保护政策对于保持亚马逊的碳平衡至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查环境执法变化在2010-2018年和2019-2020年间对亚马逊碳平衡的影响.
- 量化碳排放,森林砍伐和生物质燃烧与政策执行相关的变化.
主要方法:
- 对大气中的二氧化碳垂直配置的分析.
- 使用森林砍伐和火灾数据.
- 对非法砍伐森林和相关罚款的违规通知进行了审查.
主要成果:
- 与2010年至2018年相比,亚马逊地区的碳排放量在2019年至2020年显著增加.
- 森林砍伐和烧毁面积大幅增加,而违规通知和罚款则有所减少.
- 在研究期间,西亚马逊地区转变为净碳来源.
结论:
- 执法力度下降与森林砍伐,生物质燃烧和森林退化直接相关.
- 这些因素共同增加了碳排放,
- 这些发现强调了强有力的环境政策执行在维护亚马逊碳汇的关键作用.
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