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Land use dynamics in Brazilian La Plata Basin and anthropogenic climate change

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  • Ana Vasconcelos
  • Sandro Schlindwein
  • Marcos Lana
  • Alfredo Fantini
  • Michelle Bonatti
  • Luiz D’Agostini
  • Sergio Martins

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The La Plata Basin (LPB) is one of the most important regions for agriculture and livestock production in South America, playing a central role in the world food production and food security. Within its borders is also located the whole Brazilian Pantanal region. Identifying the most important land use sectors in LPB as well as the changes observed in the past years is fundamental to recognize which areas of the basin might be more vulnerable to climate change in order to design adaptation strategies. A general characterization of land use and livestock production of Brazilian LPB was done by using the System of Automatic Retrieving (SIDRA) of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) platform as the major source of data. It was observed expressive increases in land areas used for temporary crops, such as soybean, sugarcane, and maize, as well as increases in poultry and swine production. These important changes in agricultural land use and livestock production are currently associated to non-climatic drivers, but this dynamic might be strongly affected by the consequences of climate change and variability, with negative socio-economic impacts for the whole region. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

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  • Ana Vasconcelos & Sandro Schlindwein & Marcos Lana & Alfredo Fantini & Michelle Bonatti & Luiz D’Agostini & Sergio Martins, 2014. "Land use dynamics in Brazilian La Plata Basin and anthropogenic climate change," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 127(1), pages 73-81, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:climat:v:127:y:2014:i:1:p:73-81
    DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1081-8
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    1. Pierre Girard & Jean-Philippe Boulanger & Craig Hutton, 2014. "Challenges of climate change in tropical basins: vulnerability of eco-agrosystems and human populations," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 127(1), pages 1-13, November.
    2. Schlindwein, Sandro Luis & Feitosa de Vasconcelos, Ana Carolina & Bonatti, Michelle & Sieber, Stefan & Strapasson, Alexandre & Lana, Marcos, 2021. "Agricultural land use dynamics in the Brazilian part of La Plata Basin: From driving forces to societal responses," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).

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