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corridors with other protected areas located in neighboring countries. It is, supposedly, in these more remote Amazon regions that chances are greatest for development of human and economic occupation models which are more compatible with future sustainability of the region. One should not forget that opportunities for financial support now available are framed in terms of climate change, which already affects and stands to affect far more forest regions and, even more so, indigenous lands. Important variations in rainfall patterns may affect biodiversity, integrity, and conditions for reproduction of forests in the long run. Scientific models point, for example, to a tendency toward “savannization” – transformation of the tropical forest into a savanna – in the eastern Amazon. In the context of the climate crisis, impacts – and costs – are more certain than access to occasional opportunities. Several communities have been noticing the effects of climate change, markedly those related to changes in annual rainfall distribution which result in disorientation regarding traditional agricultural calendars, with losses in production and threats to food security. Perception of these changes by indigenous people is particularly significant in lands located in more remote regions, distant from agricultural frontiers, highways, large cities, and deforestation. Since there are no immediate local factors which can explain recent climate change effects, it is more likely that they are the result of larger-scale factors. However, whatever the cause may be, impacts of climate change on indigenous lands need to be taken into consideration in REDD strategies and other approaches, since they will exert various forms of influence on future sustainability of the respective carbon stocks. Thus, opportunities for financial support resulting from the relationship between forests and climate, such as REDD, should not become perverse incentives. They should not be concentrated exclusively in critical regions, even if reduced deforestation is the priority in the short run, since it would imply that a region needs to be under imminent threat to deserve support for forest conservation. And, even in these at-risk regions, the intention is not only to contain the expansion of deforestation, but also to guarantee conditions for conservation in the long run for all existing carbon stocks. Carbon Stock Estimates in Indigenous Lands Carbon stock estimates are based on projection of official cartographic data regarding forest cover in polygons of indigenous lands demarcated in the region. They also take into consideration different sources of data and methodologies used in quantification of carbon stock according to forest physiognomy. 14 Av o i d e d d e f o re s t A t i o n (redd) A n d i n d i g e n o u s p e o p l e s: experiences, chAllenges A n d o p p o r t u n i t i e s in t h e A m A zo n c o n t e x t
The tables below display data regarding approximate carbon stock in twelve indigenous lands, located in the Brazilian Legal Amazon, including the largest ones and the Tembé and Sete de Setembro Indigenous Lands, where efforts are ongoing for the formulation of REDD-type projects. The following table contains data produced by the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia – Ipam), based on Saatchi et al., 2009, and data produced by many researchers, gathered and cross-referenced by Arnaldo Carneiro. The researchers are: Ottmar et al., 2001; Barbosa & Ferreira, 2004; Barbosa & Fearnside, 2004; Barbosa & Fearnside, 2005; Nogueira et al., 2008; and Fearnside et al., 2009. Table 1. Carbon 1 in Indigenous Lands of the Legal Amazon Indigenous Land Area (ha) tC/ha Total carbon (tons) Carneiro, A. 2009 1 Above ground biomass carbon values. Saatchi et al 2009 Carneiro, A. 2009 Saatchi et al 2009 Carneiro, A. Av o i d e d d e f o re s t A t i o n (redd) A n d i n d i g e n o u s p e o p l e s: experiences, chAllenges A n d o p p o r t u n i t i e s in t h e A m A zo n c o n t e x t 15 2009 Saatchi et al Yanomami 9.589.302 9.523.037 149 111 1.432.598.612 1.057.057.107 Vale do Javari 8.561.824 8.516.001 148 131 1.264.825.726 1.115.596.131 Alto Rio Negro 8.034.176 7.979.953 150 125 1.201.268.666 997.494.125 Menkragnoti 4.928.083 4.907.539 141 81 694.721.947 397.510.659 Trombetas/Mapuera 4.002.902 3.984.974 155 134 619.695.304 533.986.516 Kayapó 3.307.878 3.293.920 123 84 407.685.159 276.689.280 Waimiri-Atroari 2.602.964 2.591.312 151 149 392.191.734 386.105.488 Tumucumaque 3.069.940 3.053.109 126 117 386.346.228 357.213.753 Mundurucu 2.397.454 2.387.301 107 107 256.179.665 255.441.207 Xingu 2.646.405 2.636.116 89 69 234.674.949 181.892.004 Alto Rio Guamá 280.416 279.164 153 120 42.788.995 33.499.680 Sete de Setembro 244.196 243.225 149 106 36.285.040 25.781.850 2009 Total 6.969.262.025 5.618.267.800 Carbon stocks found in the Legal Amazon may reach the figure of 62 GtC, which are distributed unevenly according to the different phytophysiognomies. These stocks exist in larger amounts in the central Amazon, in what is called dense forest, decreasing progressively toward the outskirts where seasonal forests which have connections to outlying cerrado formations are
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REDD in Venezuela Since REDD mechan
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Can IPs dispose of the forestry res
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to reductions in GHG emissions and
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Indigenous Peoples as Protagonists
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Indigenous Collective Ownership Fin
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evitalization. Therefore, the REDD
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