Biodiversity Impacts of Increased Ethanol Production in Brazil

摘要: Growing domestic and international ethanol demand is expected to result in increased sugarcane cultivation Brazil. Sugarcane expansion currently results land-use changes mainly the Cerrado Atlantic Forest biomes, two severely threatened biodiversity hotspots. This study quantifies potential impacts of Brazil a spatially explicit manner. We project total, threatened, endemic, range-restricted mammals’ species richness up 2030. Decreased due 2030 was projected for about 19,000 km2 Cerrado, 17,000 Forest, 7000 Pantanal. In were direct change; Pantanal, they largely indirect change. The impact be smaller than other drivers provides first indication related production Brazil, which useful policy makers producers aiming mitigate impacts. Future research should assess mitigation options, such as nature protection, agroforestry, or agricultural intensification.