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Integrated Ecological Economic Modeling of Ecosystem Services
from Brazil's Amazon Rainforest
By
Rosimeiry Portela
At
Conservation International
Washington, DC
July, 2005
Introduction
The Amazon tropical rain forest: Largest tract of tropical forest on Earth with half of the species of the world.
Vegetation: Regional pattern of precipitation and radiation and and regulation of GHGs.Plant animal interactions and nutrient cycling.UC Davis
Legal Amazon, Brazil
To try to understand the structure and function of (the Amazon) is comparable to composing a mosaic picture.
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RUMBA: Integrating functions of the ecosystem to human economy and social interactions
with the main focus on the contribution of the ecosystem goods and functions to human economy and welfare.
RUMBA: Scenarios
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Baseline: Historical trends;Scenario 1: Increased investment in BC with regions own financial resources;Scenario 2: Increased investment in BC with regions and external financial resources;Scenario 3: Increased investment in NC with regions own financial resources;Scenario 4: Increased investment in NC with regions and external financial resources.Research Results: Annual Deforestation Rates
Baseline and Alternative Scenarios