{"id":59968,"date":"2023-11-13T17:36:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T17:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/?post_type=cpi_publications&#038;p=59968"},"modified":"2026-04-14T23:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:07:13","slug":"estimating-the-spatial-amplification-of-damage-caused-by-degradation-in-the-amazon","status":"publish","type":"cpi_publications","link":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/pt-br\/publication\/estimating-the-spatial-amplification-of-damage-caused-by-degradation-in-the-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"Estimating the Spatial Amplification of Damage Caused by Degradation in the Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abstract<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Amazon rainforests have been undergoing unprecedented levels of human-induced disturbances. In addition to local impacts, such changes are likely to cascade following the eastern\u2013western atmospheric flow generated by trade winds. We propose a model of spatial and temporal interactions created by this flow to estimate the spread of effects from local disturbances to downwind locations along atmospheric trajectories. The spatial component captures cascading effects propagated by neighboring regions, while the temporal component captures the persistence of local disturbances. Importantly, all these network effects can be described by a single matrix, acting as a spatial multiplier that amplifies local forest disturbances. This matrix holds practical implications for policymakers as they can use it to easily map where the damage of an initial forest disturbance is amplified and propagated to. We identify regions that are likely to cause the largest impact throughout the basin and those that are the most vulnerable to shocks caused by remote deforestation. On average, the presence of cascading effects mediated by winds in the Amazon doubles the impact of an initial damage. However, there is heterogeneity in this impact. While damage in some regions does not propagate, in others, amplification can reach 250%. Since we only account for spillovers mediated by winds, our multiplier of 2 should be seen as a lower bound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.2312451120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">READ THE PAPER<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CPI researchers published a paper at PNAS estimating the damage caused by degradation in the Amazon. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":55627,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"programs":[],"regions":[10,353],"topics":[1803,481,1201],"collaborations":[],"class_list":["post-59968","cpi_publications","type-cpi_publications","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","regions-amazon","regions-brazil","topics-deforestation","topics-land-use","topics-land-use-and-conservation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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