A multi-data assessment of land use and land cover emissions from Brazil during 2000–2019

• Published in: Environmental research letters Vol. 16; no. 7; pp. 74004 - 74014
• Main Authors: Rosan, Thais M, Klein Goldewijk, Kees, Ganzenmüller, Raphael, O’Sullivan, Michael, Pongratz, Julia, Mercado, Lina M, Aragao, Luiz E O C, Heinrich, Viola, Von Randow, Celso, Wiltshire, Andrew, Tubiello, Francesco N, Bastos, Ana, Friedlingstein, Pierre, Sitch, Stephen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.07.2021
• Subjects: Assessments; Carbon dioxide; Carbon footprint; Datasets; Deforestation; Emission inventories; Emissions; Estimates; Geographical distribution; global carbon budget; Greenhouse gases; Land cover; Land use; land-use and land cover change; land-use emissions; Spatial data; Spatial variations; Brazil

Brazil is currently the largest contributor of land use and land cover change (LULCC) carbon dioxide net emissions worldwide, representing 17%–29% of the global total. There is, however, a lack of agreement among different methodologies on the magnitude and trends in LULCC emissions and their geogra...