Carbiocial
Carbon sequestration, biodiversity and social structures in Southern Amazonia: models and implementation of carbon-optimized land management strategies
Research question | How can land management be optimized to minimize negative feedback by land-use change in the frame of climate change and socio-economic development? |
Drivers | Global agricultural market, access via the Amazon, climate change, socio-political interventions and land tenure / land-use conflicts |
| Indicators | Carbon loss and GHG-emissions, yield variability, farm income, discharge variability and soil erosion |
| Production systems | Soy-bean, corn, cotton, cattle pastures |
| Measures | Development of decision support systems for carbon-optimized land-use by region-specific modelling of land-use impact |
| Country | Brazil |
| Study sites | Novo Progresso (Pará), Sinop (Mato Grosso), Cuiabá (Mato Grosso) |
| Area | 25.000 to 200.000 km² |
| Duration | June 2011 to May 2016 |
