Agroforestry and Conservation projects in Brazil: Carbon, Biodiversity, Climate, and People:...

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Seminar on Landscapes in a Carbon Focused World 26 October 2012 SIANI, Focali & Naturskyddsföreningen organized a one-day seminar in Gothenburg. Summary: As Brazil has been wrestling with the need to reconcile economic development with poverty reduction strategies and environmental conservation, AgroForesty Systems (AFS) have emerged as a promising alternative to industrial farming systems aimed at producing commodities. AFS have been championed by environmental groups, NGO networks and organizations representing family farmers due to their high potential for increasing food security and generating income, while also providing key environmental services. These groups contend that AFS can reduce the vulnerability of family farmers to external factors such as market forces, shifting government policies and the effects of climate change. While the Brazilian government has drafted a series of policies directly and indirectly promoting the development of AFS, farmers still face significant barriers to implementing and maintaining these systems over time. The objective of this presentation is to examine these drivers and barriers so as to provide policy inputs by drawing out lessons learned from different experiences of AFS as well as from Conservation Projects implemented in Brazil. André Gonçalves is an agronomist with a PhD in Natural Resources from Cornell University, USA; he is a professor of agroecology at Instituto Federal Catarinense; technical coordinator of a local NGO called Centro Ecológico; and he has more than 20 years of practical experience working directly with organic smallholders in Southern Brazil. Recently, he has leading some studies related with agroforestry systems and promotion of environmental services

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Landscapes in a carbon focused world 26 October 2012

André Luiz R. GonçalvesCentro Ecológico / Instituto Federal Catarinense

Brazilian

Biomes

First economic

activity – pau brasil

extraction

Sugarcane

Coffee

“Natural events”

“Land use change”

“Business as usual” in Pernambuco – Sugarcane production / Ethanol and Sugar

Evolution of sugarcane area and productivity

II. What is not “business as usual” – Erivan and his family

Complex agroforestry system (AFS) – coconut, fruits, and timber;

Carbon sequestration: 170 tons of CO2 equiv.ha-1 in a period of 10 years;

Biodiversity: 2,32 Shannon-Weaner index (medium);

Observation of wild animals and birds;

Water production – ground water recovery.

Jones – Abreu Lima / Pernambuco

II. What is not “business as usual” – Jones and his family

Complex agroforestry system (AFS) – fruits and timber;

13 tons of food/ha/year + fuel wood without external inputs;

Carbon sequestration: 330 tons of CO2 equiv.ha-1 in a period of 16 years;

Biodiversity: 2,80 Shannon-Weaner index (medium) / 75 different species of vascular plants;

Observation of wild animals and birds typically from the mangrove.

Fonte: www.bromano.com/farmbrazil

Grupos de área total (ha)

Despesas com Adubos Despesas com Corretivos do solo Despesas com Agrotóxicos

Estabele - cimentos

Valor (1 000 R$)

%Estabele - cimentos

Valor (1 000 R$)

%Estabele - cimentos

Valor (1 000 R$)

%

Total 1.450.725,00 17.682.958,61 100,00 409.522,00 4.474.672,66 100,00 1.395.559,00 13.392.752,44 100,00

De 0,1 a menos de 50

1.209.165,00 2.678.262,73 15,15 300.213,00 339.105,07 7,58 1.137.638,00 1.696.556,49 12,67

De 50 a menos de 500

197.894,00 4.265.087,03 24,12 86.824,00 1.930.670,47 43,15 198.478,00 2.642.407,44 19,73

De 500 e mais 30.284,00 10.724.691,61 60,65 20.196,00 2.203.566,13 49,25 29.290,00 9.042.967,46 67,52

Dados censo agropecuário 2007 - 2008

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Shaded coffee in the Amazon Region

Shaded coffee in the Amazon Region

II. What is not “business as usual” – Luizão and his family

Complex agroforestry system (AFS) – fruits, coffee, cocoa, timber, Brazil nut, etc;

Carbon sequestration: 350 tons of CO2 equiv.ha-1 in a period of 10 years;

Biodiversity: 54 species of vascular plants;

Protein production: 173,10 kg/ha (AFS) and 66,5 kg/ha (pasture);

Income: 23 thousand U$/year/20 hectares of managed area.

“Região de Torres”

Litoral Norte do RS

Vivan 2008

Ice cream – agroforestry products

Açaí Ice Cream

OBRIGADO!