COUTINHO, H. L. da C.

JOBAGGY, E.

SCHLINDWEIN, S.

SIEBER, S.

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Humboldt UniversityUnter den LindenBerlin, GermanyInternational ConferenceApril 6th-9th, 2008EFORWOODBook of AbstractsImpact Assessment ofLand Use ChangesInternational Conference, April 2008, BerlinImpact Assessment of Land Use Changes 129The role of case studies in the development of impact assessment toolsScale and IndicatorsMonday 14:30 Room3094Sensor TTC Mercosur activities were launched in workshops held in Rio de Janeiro and Florianópolis in August 2007. The La Plata River basin (LPB) is the analysed region in the realm of Mercosur. This area was selected because the majority of Mer-cosur countries are part of it, is has been subjected to significant processes of land use change, and the Mercosur TTC partners have been actively invol-ved in research activities related to these processes. Two major policy cases will be used in the deve-lopment of the SIAT prototype, to be constructed by SENSOR TTC: biofuel crop expansions (main-ly sugarcane) and the forestry sector development. The former is more relevant to the Brazilian terri-tory, due to environmental restrictions for the ex-pansion of this crop in other parts of the LPB. The latter involves Uruguai, Argentina and the South of Brazil, which will enable a sound testing of the feasibility of adoption of the SENSOR frame-work by Mercosur countries. Major land use chan-ge drivers for each of these cases were identified as: a) climate change; b) transport, infrastructure, and energy availability; c) Oil/gas price; d) world demand; and e) R&D. The policy cases will very likely consist of the following policy variables: a) investments in technological development (R&D); b) incentives for production of the respective goods (waiving of taxes); c) international policy (export situation depend on WTO measures; a quantitative measure could be the commercial barriers/taxes established at the EU and the USA, in the case of ethanol); d) restrictive environmental measures for production (quantitative measure could be the thresholds for allowing sugarcane production, for eg.); e) investments on infrastructure and logistics; f) energy policy (% of renewable energy, for eg.).Keywords: Ethanol, Sugarcane, Forestry, Mer-cosur Sensor TTC – The La Plata River Basin Application: Policy cases, main land use change drivers and Case StudiesHeitor Coutinho1*, Sandro Schlindwein2, Stefan Sieber3, Esteban Jobaggy4 1 Embrapa Solos, Rua Jardim Botânico 1024, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22460-000, Brazil2 Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Departamento de Fitotecnia, Campus Universitário, Trindade, 88040-900 - FLORIANÓPOLIS, SC, Brazil, CP 4763 ZALF, Eberswalder Straße 84, D-15374 Müncheberg, Germany4 Universidad Nacional de San Luis - Ejército de los Andes 950 - D5700HHW - San Luis - Argentina* Contact person and email address: Heitor Coutinho, heitor@cnps.embrapa.br

Sensor TTC - the La Plata River basin application: policy cases, main land use change drivers and case studies.

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Sensor TTC - the La Plata River basin application: policy cases, main land use change drivers and case studies.

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