The carbon sink of tropical seasonal forests in southeastern Brazil can be under threat
Vinícius Andrade Maia, Alisson Borges Miranda Santos, Natália de Aguiar‐Campos, Cléber Rodrigo de Souza, Matheus Coutinho Freitas de Oliveira, Polyanne Aparecida Coelho, Jean Daniel Morel, Lauana Silva da Costa, Camila Laís Farrapo, Nathalle Cristine Alencar Fagundes, Gabriela Gomes Pires de Paula, Paola Ferreira Santos, Fernanda Moreira Gianasi, Wilder Bento da Silva, Fernanda de Oliveira, Diego Teixeira Girardelli, Felipe de Carvalho Araújo, Taynara Andrade Vilela, Rafaella Tavares Pereira, Lidiany Carolina Arantes da Silva, Gisele Cristina de Oliveira Menino, Paulo Oswaldo Garcia, Marco Aurélio Leite Fontes, Rubens Manoel dos Santos
Abstract
) caused by decreasing carbon gains (2.6% by year) and increasing carbon losses (3.4% by year). The driest and warmest sites are experiencing the most severe carbon sink decline and have already moved from carbon sinks to carbon sources. Because of the importance of the terrestrial carbon sink for the global climate, policies are needed to mitigate the emission of greenhouse gases and to restore and protect tropical seasonal forests.