The Amazon region represents a large
stock of biomass as well as a potentially important sink for additional
atmospheric CO2. Climate change, land-use changes and their
interaction present a risk to this role in the global carbon cycle. Both
positive and negative feedbacks exist in the system that can lead to resilience
but also to accelerated break-down of the carbon stocks and sinks. A set of
linked projects will investigate elements of these processes in the coming
years.
Author: Bart Kruijt, Flavio Luizao, Antonio Nobre, et al (bart dot kruijt at wur dot nl)
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