The Inception Report of the Project Kick-Off Workshop provides detailed information on the project background and outputs as well as on the planned methodology. It summarizes the workshop's discussions on expected project outputs, activities and next steps. See full Report |
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Science of The Total Environment, May 2020 By using the spatially explicit partial equilibrium global land use model GLOBIOM-Brazil, projections of the climate change impacts on main Brazilian agricultural commodities were generated. Central findings are the expected displacement of soybean and corn production toward subtropical regions of Brazil and the decrease in soybean and corn production, especially in the Matopiba region. See full publication
Forests, December 2019 The article presents the establishment of a forest reference emissions level (FREL/FRL) for southern Cameroon adjusted to societal megatrends of strong population- and economic growth combined with rapid urbanization. It demonstrates what can be done with available information and data, but most importantly outlines pathways to further improve the quality of future FREL/FRL’s in light of possibly accessing performance-based payments. See full publication
Energies, January 2019 This study investigates opportunities for harnessing the full potential of palm oil residues by using the BeWhere model. It models the palm oil supply chain in a geographically explicit way while considering regional infrastructures in Sumatra Island, Indonesia. Findings show that a more efficient palm oil supply chain can pave the way for the country to meet up to 50% of its national bioenergy targets by 2025, and emission reductions of up to 40 MtCO2eq/year. See full publication
Forests, July 2018 Monitoring large forest areas is presently feasible with satellite remote sensing. This study evaluated, for the first time, the potential of using freely available medium resolution (30 m) Landsat time series data for deforestation monitoring in tropical rainforests of Kalimantan, Indonesia. See full publication
Forest Policy and Economics, July 2017 How can we ensure forest protection and sustainable forest biomass production at the same time? A first-ever global map of certified forest areas, based on a participatory and collaborative mapping approach, contributes to the answer. See full publication |
Agricultural Water Management, February 2020 The quantification of water use for rainfed production of crops, and simulation of management scenario for Brazil shows how green water is a primary resource for their production, both in the present and in prospective scenarios. The results show possibilities of improvement of green water productivity, and limited options for supplemental blue water use. See full publication
Energy Policy, September 2019 The results presented here suggest that future ethanol demand in Brazil should not substantially affect food production nor native forest. This outcome will however depend on the compliance with the sugarcane agro-ecological zoning (AEZ) by the ethanol sector in Brazil. See full publication
Environmental Research Letters, July 2018
The spatially explicit assessment of Brazil's 2012 Forest Code through the year 2050 presented here, shows that, if rigorously enforced, the Forest Code could prevent a net loss of 53.4 million hectares (Mha) of forest and native vegetation by 2050, 43.1 Mha (81%) of which are in the Amazon alone. This article, published in the scientific journal Environmental Research Letters (ERL) by editor IOP Publishing, has been chosen as an Editors' “Featured Article”. See full publication
Environmental Science & Policy, April 2018 By assessing the stakeholders’ data needs for estimating GHG emissions in the agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) sector, the study shows how independent data, methods and tools as well as open and free data increase the transparency and create more legitimacy with and serve the diverse needs of various stakeholders. This would improve the currently moderate satisfaction of stakeholders with open and freely available datasets. See full publication |
Land, January 2020 This paper analyzes the effectiveness of policies such as the Forest Code (FC) and the Soy and the Cattle Moratoriums considering the trajectories of agricultural expansion in the state of Mato Grosso. The results show the effectiveness to reduce direct conversion from forests to crop production. However, evidences indicate that broader-ranging land use policies are needed to be able to reach the land use goals stated in its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement. See full publication
Science Advances, July 2019 The article presents the first quantitative analysis of expanding the Soy Moratorium (SoyM) from the Brazilian Amazon to the Cerrado biome. This would prevent the direct conversion of 3.6 million ha of native vegetation to soybeans by 2050. The findings show that urgent action is required, including a zero native vegetation conversion agreement such as the SoyM, to preserve the Cerrado’s bio-diversity and ecosystem services. See full publication
Forests, July 2018 Large-scale wildfires affect millions of hectares of land in Indonesia annually, and produce severe smoke haze pollution and carbon emissions, with negative impacts on climate change, health, economy, and biodiversity. In this study is presented a mechanistic fire model to estimate burnt areas in Indonesia for the first time. See full publication
Science, Technical Comments, October 2017 The comment discusses a recent publication by Bastin et al. (Reports, 12 May 2017, p. 635) which claims to have discovered 467 million hectares of new dryland forest. The authors argue that these additional areas are not completely “new” and point at the shortcoming that not all sources of uncertainty were considered and the uncertainty could be much higher than the reported value of 3.5% See full publication |
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