The Brazilian Association of Environmental Public Prosecutors and the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) have proposed guidelines for calculating the carbon cost of carbon released into the atmosphere by deforestation and forest fires. This calculation, currently an obstacle in the Brazilian judicial system due to the lack of a standardized process, will provide a scientific basis for more effectively holding those responsible for this damage accountable in court.
The proposal includes the use of an online calculator developed by IPAM that determines the amount of carbon stored in the vegetation of a given area. According to the guidelines, the financial value is obtained from a ratio of $5 per ton of carbon dioxide emitted by deforestation, a quantification established by the Amazon Fund and the only parameter adopted to date by the Brazilian government as a carbon price.
Given that climate damage caused by forest fires or logging requires complex assessment, the proposed calculation will help the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office and state prosecutors to demand compensation for these environmental impacts, and even has the potential to deter new illegal practices of native forest destruction.
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The Brazilian Association of Environmental Public Prosecutors and the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) have proposed guidelines for calculating the carbon cost of carbon released into the atmosphere by deforestation and forest fires. This calculation, currently an obstacle in the Brazilian judicial system due to the lack of a standardized process, will provide a scientific basis for more effectively holding those responsible for this damage accountable in court.
The proposal includes the use of an online calculator developed by IPAM that determines the amount of carbon stored in the vegetation of a given area. According to the guidelines, the financial value is obtained from a ratio of $5 per ton of carbon dioxide emitted by deforestation, a quantification established by the Amazon Fund and the only parameter adopted to date by the Brazilian government as a carbon price.
Given that climate damage caused by forest fires or logging requires complex assessment, the proposed calculation will help the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office and state prosecutors to demand compensation for these environmental impacts, and even has the potential to deter new illegal practices of native forest destruction.
Learn more here