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2 CHANGES IN CERRADO LAND USE Carlos A Klink University of Brasilia, Brazil

3 RR AP AM PA AC RO MT TO MA CE RN PB PE AL SE PI BA GO DF MG ES RJ SP MS PR SC RS Atlantic Forest Caatinga AmazoniaAmazonia Pantanal Grassland BiomesBiomes CerradoCerrado

4 CERRADO SAVANNAS: 2,000,000 Km2 ( 25% of contiguous USA) 10,000 Plant Species One of the World’s 25 “hotspots”

5 RAINFALL SEASONALITY FIRE SUBSTRATE HUMAN ACTION Most biomass is underground DETERMINANTS CERRADO IS A TROPICAL SAVANNA

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7 LANDSAT IMAGE OF BRASILIA AND NATIONAL PARK

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9 Planted Pastures Cash Crops Bare Soil

10 Cerrado Savanna Amazon Forest CONSEQUENCES: RATE OF CHANGE

11 Woody SavannaNatural Grassland ET: 2.8-4.8 mm/d 8m ET: 1.2-1.8 mm/d 4m PAW WET: 721 mm DRY: 229 mm 70% of total water used in DRY season comes from below 2 m WET: 402 mm DRY: 71 mm MODELLING Planted Pastures: 10% reduction PP 9% reduction ET Dry spells during growth season 50% of total water used in DRY ALTERATION OF WATER CYCLE

12 Planted Pastures African grasses Pasture Degradation New Planted Pastures FIRE Biological Invasion African Grasses modify water cycle, fire regime & reduce biodiversity Carbon Imbalances Large C Stock & Sink Becomes Source when Degraded ECOLOGICAL FEEDBACKS

13 ECONOMICAL FEEDBACK REGIONAL SCALE

14 ECONOMICAL FEEDBACK GLOBAL SCALE “AGRONEGÓCIOS: O BRASIL QUE ASSUSTA BUSH” ( Primeira Leitura, April/2002) Production Costs (US$/ha)

15 NEW ECOSYSTEMS (“Emerging Ecosystems”) that have been formed brought both positive (economical) and negative (environmental) effects; KNOWLEDGE: Economical benefits are well documented, while Environmental impacts are poorly understood; THIS IMBALANCE POSES GREAT DIFFICULTIES TO INFLUENCE LAND- USE & CONSERVATION POLICIES BACK TO THE FUTURE


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