TY - JOUR
T1 - Expanding the soy moratorium to Brazil’s Cerrado
AU - Soterroni, Aline C.
AU - Ramos, Fernando M.
AU - Mosnier, Aline
AU - Fargione, Joseph
AU - Andrade, Pedro R.
AU - Baumgarten, Leandro
AU - Pirker, Johannes
AU - Obersteiner, Michael
AU - Kraxner, Florian
AU - Câmara, Gilberto
AU - Carvalho, Alexandre X.Y.
AU - Polasky, Stephen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2019 The Authors.
PY - 2019/7/17
Y1 - 2019/7/17
N2 - The Cerrado biome in Brazil is a tropical savanna and an important global biodiversity hot spot. Today, only a fraction of its original area remains undisturbed, and this habitat is at risk of conversion to agriculture, especially to soybeans. Here, we present the first quantitative analysis of expanding the Soy Moratorium (SoyM) from the Brazilian Amazon to the Cerrado biome. The SoyM expansion to the Cerrado would prevent the direct conversion of 3.6 million ha of native vegetation to soybeans by 2050. Nationally, this would require a reduction in soybean area of approximately 2%. Relative risk of future native vegetation conversion for soybeans would be driven by the Brazilian domestic market, China, and the European Union. We conclude that, to preserve the Cerrado’s biodiversity and ecosystem services, urgent action is required, including a zero native vegetation conversion agreement such as the SoyM.
AB - The Cerrado biome in Brazil is a tropical savanna and an important global biodiversity hot spot. Today, only a fraction of its original area remains undisturbed, and this habitat is at risk of conversion to agriculture, especially to soybeans. Here, we present the first quantitative analysis of expanding the Soy Moratorium (SoyM) from the Brazilian Amazon to the Cerrado biome. The SoyM expansion to the Cerrado would prevent the direct conversion of 3.6 million ha of native vegetation to soybeans by 2050. Nationally, this would require a reduction in soybean area of approximately 2%. Relative risk of future native vegetation conversion for soybeans would be driven by the Brazilian domestic market, China, and the European Union. We conclude that, to preserve the Cerrado’s biodiversity and ecosystem services, urgent action is required, including a zero native vegetation conversion agreement such as the SoyM.
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U2 - 10.1126/sciadv.aav7336
DO - 10.1126/sciadv.aav7336
M3 - Article
C2 - 31328157
AN - SCOPUS:85069916701
SN - 2375-2548
VL - 5
JO - Science Advances
JF - Science Advances
IS - 7
M1 - eaav7336
ER -
