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Chart 1-TrendScenario - Pressurre-Impact Matrix for the State of the Environment in Brazil<br />

Themes Pressures Impacts Urban<br />

Industrial<br />

Areas<br />

Amazon<br />

Atmosphere<br />

Deforestations and<br />

burns; Industrial<br />

Emissions,<br />

Transports and Energy<br />

Greenhouse gases<br />

Atmospheric pollution<br />

Acid rain<br />

Cerrados Caatingas Cocais<br />

Zones<br />

Biomes<br />

Pantanal Atlantic<br />

Forest<br />

Southern Coastal<br />

Fields Zone<br />

Water<br />

Resources<br />

Underground<br />

Waters<br />

Forests<br />

Consumptive and non-<br />

Consumptive use;<br />

Insufficient<br />

Treatment of<br />

Chemical and organic<br />

Effluents<br />

Consumptive and non-<br />

Consumptive use;<br />

insufficient treatment<br />

of chemical and organic<br />

Effluents<br />

Expansion of<br />

Agriculture and ranching;<br />

Timber exploitation<br />

And firewood and vegetal<br />

Coal production<br />

Shortage of potable<br />

Water<br />

Contamination and<br />

Pollution<br />

Aggradation<br />

Reduced aquifers<br />

Contamination and<br />

Pollution<br />

Differential repression<br />

Deforestation<br />

Reduced Biomass<br />

Degradation of biota<br />

Biodiversity<br />

Expansion of<br />

Agriculture and ranching;<br />

Predatory hunting and<br />

Collection; Vegetal extractivism<br />

Extinction of species<br />

Loss of natural<br />

Riches<br />

Fragmentation of<br />

habitat<br />

Sea<br />

Resources<br />

Oil and gas extraction;<br />

Sea trade,<br />

Insufficient treatment<br />

Of chemical and<br />

And organic effluents,<br />

Urban expansion<br />

Reduced<br />

Produtivity<br />

Contamination and<br />

Pollution<br />

Ballast water<br />

Fishery<br />

Insufficient<br />

Treatment of<br />

Chemical and organic<br />

effluents, overfishing<br />

And predatory fishing<br />

Excessive catch<br />

Extinction of species<br />

Soils<br />

Primitive irrigation<br />

And cultivation;<br />

Overpasturing;<br />

Insufficient<br />

Treatment of<br />

Chemical and organic<br />

effluents; Intensive<br />

Use of<br />

Fertilisers and<br />

Agrochemicals, burns<br />

Erosion<br />

Contamination<br />

Salinisation<br />

Desertification<br />

Underground<br />

Quality of<br />

Life<br />

Health<br />

Disasters<br />

Insufficient<br />

Treatment of<br />

Chemical and organic<br />

Effluents, intensive<br />

Use of<br />

Fertilisers and<br />

Agrochemicals, mineral<br />

extraction; inadequate<br />

Disposal of<br />

Residues<br />

Uncertainty of<br />

Compensatory<br />

Policies;<br />

Insufficient<br />

Treatment of<br />

Chemical and organic<br />

Effluents, Industrial<br />

Emissions,<br />

Transports<br />

Proliferation of<br />

Vectors, insufficient<br />

Treatment of<br />

Chemical and organic<br />

Effluents, Industrial<br />

Emissions,<br />

Transports<br />

Uncertainty of<br />

Preventive policies<br />

Contamination<br />

Degradation<br />

Subsidence<br />

Social inequalities<br />

Social divide<br />

Loss of<br />

Sociodiversity<br />

Pulmonary diseases<br />

Infectious and<br />

Parasitic diseases<br />

Circulatory diseases<br />

Forest fires<br />

Floods and<br />

Landslides<br />

Droughts<br />

Captions<br />

Very high High Medium Low Very low<br />

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