GLOBIOM BRAZIL PRELIMINARY RESULTS Adriana Affonso Ricardo Cartaxo Cambridge,UK – June 10, 2013 National Institute for Space Research - Brazil

6 Biomes

Vegetation classes– IBGE (1992)

Biomes Original area (ha)* C stock in original biome (Pg C) *** % biome change 1994 to 2002* Liquid emissions (Pg CO 2 ) between 1940 and 1995** Liquid emission (Pg CO 2 ) between 1994 and 2002* Liquid emission (Pg CO 2 ) total between 1940 and 2002 Amazonia ,419,215,76±6,96,822,56±6,9 Cerrado ,312,917,96±9,92,420,36±9,9 Pantanal ,6570,88±0,470,121±0,47 Caatinga ,59,70,77±0,440,301,07±0,44 Mata Atlântica ,64127,13 ±150,6327,76±15 Pampa ,31,8%0,44±0,25-0,00160,438±0,25 Source: *MCT, 2010b; **Confidence interval 90%, Leite et al. (2012). Brazilian Panel on Climate Change, Mitigating Climate Change: Contributions of the Working Group III to the First Report of the National Evaluation on Climate ChangeCOPPE. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, 405 pp. ISBN: BIOMES BIOMASS

Not all forest typologies of Cerrado and Caatinga has all the requisites of forest definition. However, these ecosystem are used as forest- timber extraction, pulp, seed production, etc. So forest definition could include vegetation types that are not forest. FAO and Brazils National Forest Service consider some Cerrado and Caatinga physiognomies

Definition of Forest (FAO and NFS) Phytoecological regions Forest/.....

Land Cover Land Use Available data CoverageSourcePeriodResolution BrazilGLC2000Tiff, 1km Amazonia (forest/non-forest) PRODES2000 and m (Landsat) ProbioMMA/FUNCATE m (Landsat) Probio deforestation Update IBAMA m (Landsat) PROVEGINPE-CPTEC20021 km (Landsat) Mta AtlânticaSOS m (Landsat) CoverageSourcePeriodResolution BrazilIBGE Agri Censu2006Municipality BrazilINPE Agri Data , m, AmazoniaTerraClass2008Shape, Tiff, 90m Centro-SulCanaSat2002, 2003Shape SP – Planted ForestIF2005Shape RS, SEIBGE Land Use2009, 2010Shape

Forest Other Natural vegetation Grassland Not relevant Total agricultural land

GLC

Forest Cerrado Grassland Caatinga Water Herbaceous PROVEG VIEIRA, R. M. S. P.; CARVALHO, V. C.; VALERIANO, D. M.; SESTINI, M. F.; SILVA, J. S. V. S.; ABDON, M. M.; PONZONI, F. J.; SANO, E. E.; HASENACK, H.; ALVALÁ, R. C. S.; FERRAZ-NETO, S. Mapa de uso e cobertura da terra do território brasileiro. São José dos Campos: INPE, (INPE ePrint Disponível em:. Acesso em: 25 jun

Issues Definition of classes Wetlands Planted forest