Team Members:
Person Name | Person role on project | Affiliation |
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William Laurance | Principal Investigator | National Institute for Research in the Amazon, Manaus, Brazil |
Rita Mesquita | Co-Investigator | National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA), , |
Mark A. Cochrane | Collaborator | Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland, Frostburg, USA |
To develop a predictive model of carbon stock and their dynamics for the Amazonian forest • Collaborative research effort between Brazil’s National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) and the Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian. • Use Landsat TM images of central Amazonia to classify landscape • Combination of field studies and computer modeling to estimate biomass of above ground biomass • Land-use history after forest clearing has deterministic effect on forest regeneration trajectory • Herbivores have strong negative impact on regeneration of degraded lands • Logging strategies in second growth forests enhance survival of commercially important trees • Provides baseline data for developing carbon trading with Annex 1 countries as suggested in Kyoto protocol
Project Documents
Year | Type | Title |
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2001 | Annual Progress Report | Predictors of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon (paper) |
2001 | NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation | Anthropogenic Landscape Changes and the Dynamics of Amazon Forest Biomass |
2001 | Annual Progress Report | Predictors of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon (slide presentation) |
1999 | Significant Results | Anthropogenic Landscape Changes and the Dynamics of Amazoniam Forest Biomass |