Our new paper finds secondary forests in the Brazilian Amazon have offset less than 10% of deforestation emissions since 1985.
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We mapped 130,000 km2 of secondary forest in the Brazilian Amazon and found it occupies 20% of deforested land.
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We calculate that secondary forests in the Brazilian Amazon are storing just 330 million tonnes of carbon.
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In conclusion... Secondary forest growth alone is not sufficient to control carbon emissions in the Amazon!
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