Chapter 23: Impacts of deforestation and climate change on biodiversity, ecological processes, and environmental adaptation

Authors

Paulo Artaxo
Vera Maria Fonseca de Almeida-Val, Mississippi State University
Bibiana Bilbao
Paulo M. Brando
Mercedes Bustamante
Michael T. Coe
Sandra Bibiana Correa
Francisco Cuesta
Marcos H. Costa
Fernando Miralles-Wilhem
Norma Salinas
Divino Vicente Silvério
Adalberto Luis Val
et al.

ORCID

Correa: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4466-6923

MSU Affiliation

College of Forest Resources; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture

Creation Date

2026-03-30

Abstract

This chapter presents observed and predicted impacts of climate change on Amazonian ecosystems, focusing on biodiversity, ecosystem services, carbon cycling, fisheries, and emissions from biomass burning. It also considers climate and land-use change feedbacks and highlights knowledge gaps to better understand these complex interactions.

Publication Date

11-12-2021

Publication Title

Amazon Assessment Report 2021 (ISBN: 978-1-7348080-0-1)

Publisher

UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Artaxo, P., Fonseca De Almeida-Val, V. M., Bilbao, B., Brando, P. M., Bustamante, M., Coe, M. T., Correa, S. B., Cuesta, F., Costa, M. H., Miralles-Wilhem, F., Salinas, N., Silvério, D. V., & Val, A. L. (2021). Chapter 23: Impacts of deforestation and climate change on biodiversity, ecological processes, and environmental adaptation. In Science Panel for the Amazon, Amazon Assessment Report 2021 (1st ed.). UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). https://doi.org/10.55161/VKMN1905