Offered Papers Theme C: Delivering the Benefits from Grassland
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Publication Date
2005
Location
Dublin Ireland
Description
The Amazon Basin covers an area of 7 million km2, and the central part is almost entirely located within Brazilian territory. This region has the highest rates of deforestation in the world, and the total area deforested now exceeds 600,000 km2. Cattle pasture represents the largest single use (about 70%) of this once-forested land in most of the Brazilian Basin, with an estimated area of 20 million hectares. Our main objective was to simulate grass productivity in different forest to pasture chronosequences within the Brazilian Amazon.
Citation
Cerri, C. E. P.; Paustian, K.; Cerri, C. C.; Mello, F. F. C.; Bernoux, M.; Coleman, K.; and Milne, E., "Modelling Grass Productivity in the Brazilian Amazon" (2005). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 86.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/themeC/86)
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Modelling Grass Productivity in the Brazilian Amazon
Dublin Ireland
The Amazon Basin covers an area of 7 million km2, and the central part is almost entirely located within Brazilian territory. This region has the highest rates of deforestation in the world, and the total area deforested now exceeds 600,000 km2. Cattle pasture represents the largest single use (about 70%) of this once-forested land in most of the Brazilian Basin, with an estimated area of 20 million hectares. Our main objective was to simulate grass productivity in different forest to pasture chronosequences within the Brazilian Amazon.
