Cattle ranching intensification in Brazil can reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by sparing land from deforestation

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Cattle ranching intensification in Brazil can reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by sparing land from deforestation.pdf

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http://eprints.org/relation/isVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/61458 http://eprints.org/relation/isVolatileVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/61458 http://eprints.org/relation/isIndexCodesVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/61458 archive 351 disk0/00/01/08/84 2016-01-15 08:50:33 2021-08-27 17:24:08 2016-01-15 08:50:33 article show Cohn A.S. 8522 Mosnier A. 1894 Havlik P. 1868 0000-0001-5551-5085 Valin H. 1923 0000-0002-0618-773X Herrero M. Schmid E. O'Hare M. Obersteiner M. 7255 0000-0001-6981-2769 Cattle ranching intensification in Brazil can reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by sparing land from deforestation pub iis_env prog_esm Agricultural intensification; Climate policy; Land sparing This study examines whether policies to encourage cattle ranching intensification in Brazil can abate global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by sparing land from deforestation. We use an economic model of global land use to investigate, from 2010 to 2030, the global agricultural outcomes, land use changes, and GHG abatement resulting from two potential Brazilian policies: a tax on cattle from conventional pasture and a subsidy for cattle from semi-intensive pasture. We find that under either policy, Brazil could achieve considerable sparing of forests and abatement of GHGs, in line with its national policy targets. The land spared, particularly under the tax, is far less than proportional to the productivity increased. However, the tax, despite prompting less adoption of semi-intensive ranching, delivers slightly more forest sparing and GHG abatement than the subsidy. This difference is explained by increased deforestation associated with increased beef consumption under the subsidy and reduced deforestation associated with reduced beef consumption under the tax. Complementary policies to directly limit deforestation could help limit these effects. GHG abatement from either the tax or subsidy appears inexpensive but, over time, the tax would become cheaper than the subsidy. A revenue-neutral combination of the policies could be an element of a sustainable development strategy for Brazil and other emerging economies seeking to balance agricultural development and forest protection. 2014-05 published National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.1307163111 XJ-14-166 PNAS; 111(20):7236-7241 (20 May 2014) (Published online 28 April 2014) [doi:10.1073/pnas.1307163111] 1192 212 119 316 219 public Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 20 7236-7241 TRUE 1091-6490 GLOBIOM FALSE info:eu-repo/semantics/article