The cost of restoring carbon stocks in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest
Pedro H. S. Brancalion1*, Joannès Guillemot1,2,3, Ricardo Gomes César1, Henrique Sverzut Andrade1, Alex Mendes¹, Taísi Bech Sorrini1, Marisa de Cássia Piccolo4, Marina Conte Peluci4, Vanessa de Souza Moreno1, Gabriel Colletta5, Robin L. Chazdon1,6,7,8
1Department of Forest Sciences, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, 13418-900, Brazil.
2CIRAD, UMR Eco&Sols, 34060 Montpellier, France
3Eco&Sols, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, 34060 Montpellier, France
4Nuclear Energy Center for Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, 13400-970, Brazil.
5Postgraduate Program in Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, 13083-862, Brazil.
6Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269-3043, USA
7Tropical Forests and People Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Queensland 4558, Australia
8Global Restoration Initiative, World Resources Institute, Washington, DC, 20002, USA
*Correspondence to: Pedro H. S. Brancalion Email: pedrob@usp.br