Bras\u00edlia \u2013 A study developed by Brazilian government\u2019s agriculture research agency Embrapa shows that Brazil nuts, a.k.a. Amazon nuts, are driving sustainable growth in North Brazil through payments for environmental services.<\/p>\n
Besides ensuring carbon storage and climate regulation, as well as helping the country meet the targets of both government program and global agreements, nuts have collaborated to create income in extractive communities, while driving sustainable growth in Brazil.<\/p>\n
The conclusions were published in Castanha\u2011da\u2011Amaz\u00f4nia: Estudos sobre a Esp\u00e9cie e sua Cadeia de Valor \u2013 Aspectos Sociais, Econ\u00f4micos e Organizacionais<\/em> [Amazon Nuts: Studies on the Species and its Supply Chain \u2013 Social, Economic and Organizational Aspects]. The book is available on the Internet for download.<\/p>\n Developed by Embrapa researchers based in S\u00e3o Paulo, Amap\u00e1 and Roraima (Marcelino Carneiro Guedes, Patr\u00edcia da Costa, Carolina Volkmer de Castilho, Richardson Fraz\u00e3o, S\u00e9rgio Milheiras, and Walter Paix\u00e3o de Sousa), the survey is part of the book’s Chapter 11 \u201cServi\u00e7os ecossist\u00eamicos da floresta com castanheiras e servi\u00e7os ambientais prestados pelos agroextrativistas \u2013 manejadores e guardi\u00f5es da floresta em p\u00e9\u201d [Forest Ecosystemic Services with Nut Trees and Environmental Services Delivered by Agrarian Extrativists \u2013 Managers and Guardians of the Standing Forest].<\/p>\n Added value<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cScientists examined payments made for environmental services (PES) and payments for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) in the Amazon. Both mechanisms stand out for their potential of adding value to nut tree-occurring forests by bringing added benefits like carbon storage, climate regulation and achievement of targets established in government programs and international agreements,\u201d said Embrapa.<\/p>\n According to the government\u2019s agency, the Amazon nut is a leading product of Brazil\u2019s agrarian extractivism, with a chain engaging \u201cdozens of thousands of families\u201d and moving around \u201cthousands of dollars per year.\u201d Embrapa estimates that the nut production in Brazil moves around at least BRL 130 million (USD 27 million) annually.<\/p>\n Crucial role<\/strong><\/p>\n According to Embrapa, the nut tree also plays a \u201ccrucial role\u201d in the conservation of the Amazon, being present in approximately 32% of the biome (approximately 2.3 million square meter). The study shows that although nut trees account for just 3% of the individuals in nut areas in North Amazon, they contribute to 40% of the living biomass that lives above ground, of which some 50% is carbon.<\/p>\n Translation by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A study by Brazilian agency Embrapa points out that Brazil nuts drive payments for environmental services in North Brazil, thus boosting local growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2315,"featured_media":357810,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[3243,47089,28240,7191,2353],"class_list":{"0":"post-359155","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sustainability","8":"tag-amazon","9":"tag-amazon-nut","10":"tag-amazonia-en-2","11":"tag-nut","12":"tag-sustainable-development"},"wps_subtitle":"A study by Brazilian agency Embrapa points out that Brazil nuts drive payments for environmental services in North Brazil, thus boosting local growth.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2315"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}