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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 15-18 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Nature Food |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 13 Jan 2021 |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2021 |
Abstract
Global drivers and carbon emissions associated with large-scale land transactions have been poorly investigated. Here we examine major factors behind such transactions (income, agricultural productivity, availability of arable land and water scarcity) and estimate potential carbon emissions under different levels of deforestation. We find that clearing lands transacted between 2000 and 2016 (36.7 Mha) could have emitted ~2.26 GtC, but constraining land clearing to historical deforestation rates would reduce emissions related to large-scale land transactions to ~0.81 GtC.
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In: Nature Food, Vol. 2, No. 1, 01.2021, p. 15-18.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Carbon emissions from the global land rush and potential mitigation
AU - Liao, Chuan
AU - Nolte, Kerstin
AU - Sullivan, Jonathan A.
AU - Brown, Daniel G.
AU - Lay, Jann
AU - Althoff, Christof
AU - Agrawal, Arun
N1 - Funding Information: We thank B. Turner (Arizona State University) for fruitful discussions. This research was supported by the National Science Foundation (grant number 1617364), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (grant number NNX15AD40G), an Arizona State University start-up grant, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and a research stipend by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - Global drivers and carbon emissions associated with large-scale land transactions have been poorly investigated. Here we examine major factors behind such transactions (income, agricultural productivity, availability of arable land and water scarcity) and estimate potential carbon emissions under different levels of deforestation. We find that clearing lands transacted between 2000 and 2016 (36.7 Mha) could have emitted ~2.26 GtC, but constraining land clearing to historical deforestation rates would reduce emissions related to large-scale land transactions to ~0.81 GtC.
AB - Global drivers and carbon emissions associated with large-scale land transactions have been poorly investigated. Here we examine major factors behind such transactions (income, agricultural productivity, availability of arable land and water scarcity) and estimate potential carbon emissions under different levels of deforestation. We find that clearing lands transacted between 2000 and 2016 (36.7 Mha) could have emitted ~2.26 GtC, but constraining land clearing to historical deforestation rates would reduce emissions related to large-scale land transactions to ~0.81 GtC.
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DO - 10.1038/s43016-020-00215-3
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