The Brazilian government once again threatens its natural heritage by issuing a decree that liberates the sugarcane plantations in the Pantanal and the Amazon regions. The production of a non-sanctioned crop is likely to become the newest driver of deforestation in these biomes. Direct conversion of forests, migration of livestock to new forested areas, rising land values, the danger of forest fires spreading and of carbon emissions from burning sugarcane during harvesting can all create a carbon balance debt and impact on water balance that could take centuries to offset and will compromise the sustainability of the Brazilian ethanol sector.

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甘蔗：巴西的公共政策威胁着亚马逊和潘塔纳尔生物群系

巴西政府通过发布一项法令来再次威胁其自然遗产，该法令解放了潘塔纳尔湿地和亚马逊地区的甘蔗种植园。未经批准的农作物的生产可能会成​​为这些生物群落中毁林的最新动因。森林的直接改建，牲畜向新林区的迁移，土地价值的上升，森林火灾蔓延的危险以及收割期间燃烧甘蔗引起的碳排放的危险都可能造成碳平衡债务和对水平衡的影响，这可能需要几个世纪的时间才能抵消并将损害巴西乙醇行业的可持续性。