Coupling remote sensing and eDNA to monitor environmental impact: A pilot to quantify the environmental benefits of sustainable agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationSpatial Informatics Groupen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUnited States Agency for International Developmenten_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInstituto de Manejo e Certificação Florestal e Agrícolaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationAtlantic Technological Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Salforden_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of San Franciscoen_US
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten_US
cg.contributor.donorWorld Banken_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeAgroecologyen_US
cg.coverage.countryBrazilen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BRen_US
cg.coverage.regionAmericasen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouth Americaen_US
cg.coverage.regionLatin America and the Caribbeanen_US
cg.creator.identifierWendy Francesconi: 0000-0001-6314-6400en_US
cg.creator.identifierSilvia-Elena Castaño: 0000-0002-1334-8546en_US
cg.creator.identifierLUIS MOLINA CARPIO: 0000-0001-8416-0906en_US
cg.creator.identifierJorge Andres Perez Escobar: 0000-0002-6485-2611en_US
cg.creator.identifierOvidio Rivera: 0000-0003-4297-8229en_US
cg.creator.identifierJhon Jairo Tello Dagua: 0000-0001-7020-5982en_US
cg.identifier.dataurlhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8153264en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289437en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1932-6203en_US
cg.issue2en_US
cg.journalPLOS ONEen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformationen_US
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatAGRICULTUREen_US
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatBIODIVERSITYen_US
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatCONSERVATION AND USEen_US
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatLAND USEen_US
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatMONITORING AND REPORTINGen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversityen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on landen_US
cg.volume19en_US
dc.contributor.authorDyson, Karenen_US
dc.contributor.authorNicolau, Andréa P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTenneson, Karisen_US
dc.contributor.authorFrancesconi, Wendyen_US
dc.contributor.authorDaniels, Amyen_US
dc.contributor.authorAndrich, Giuliaen_US
dc.contributor.authorCaldas, Bernardoen_US
dc.contributor.authorCastaño, Silviaen_US
dc.contributor.authorde Campos, Nathanaelen_US
dc.contributor.authorDilger, Johnen_US
dc.contributor.authorGuidotti, Viniciusen_US
dc.contributor.authorJaques, Iaraen_US
dc.contributor.authorMcCullough, Ian M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMcDevitt, Allan D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMolina, Luisen_US
dc.contributor.authorNekorchuk, Dawn M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNewberry, Tomen_US
dc.contributor.authorLima Pereira, Cristianoen_US
dc.contributor.authorPerez, Jorgeen_US
dc.contributor.authorRichards-Dimitrie, Tealen_US
dc.contributor.authorRivera, Ovidioen_US
dc.contributor.authorRodriguez, Beatrizen_US
dc.contributor.authorSales, Naiaraen_US
dc.contributor.authorTello, Jhonen_US
dc.contributor.authorWespestad, Crystalen_US
dc.contributor.authorZutta, Brianen_US
dc.contributor.authorSaah, Daviden_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-27T14:08:03Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-03-27T14:08:03Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/140634en_US
dc.titleCoupling remote sensing and eDNA to monitor environmental impact: A pilot to quantify the environmental benefits of sustainable agriculture in the Brazilian Amazonen_US
dcterms.abstractMonitoring is essential to ensure that environmental goals are being achieved, including those of sustainable agriculture. Growing interest in environmental monitoring provides an opportunity to improve monitoring practices. Approaches that directly monitor land cover change and biodiversity annually by coupling the wall-to-wall coverage from remote sensing and the site-specific community composition from environmental DNA (eDNA) can provide timely, relevant results for parties interested in the success of sustainable agricultural practices. To ensure that the measured impacts are due to the environmental projects and not exogenous factors, sites where projects have been implemented should be benchmarked against counterfactuals (no project) and control (natural habitat) sites. Results can then be used to calculate diverse sets of indicators customized to monitor different projects. Here, we report on our experience developing and applying one such approach to assess the impact of shaded cocoa projects implemented by the Instituto de Manejo e Certificação Florestal e Agrícola (IMAFLORA) near São Félix do Xingu, in Pará, Brazil. We used the Continuous Degradation Detection (CODED) and LandTrendr algorithms to create a remote sensing-based assessment of forest disturbance and regeneration, estimate carbon sequestration, and changes in essential habitats. We coupled these remote sensing methods with eDNA analyses using arthropod-targeted primers by collecting soil samples from intervention and counterfactual pasture field sites and a control secondary forest. We used a custom set of indicators from the pilot application of a coupled monitoring framework called TerraBio. Our results suggest that, due to IMAFLORA’s shaded cocoa projects, over 400 acres were restored in the intervention area and the community composition of arthropods in shaded cocoa is closer to second-growth forests than that of pastures. In reviewing the coupled approach, we found multiple aspects worked well, and we conclude by presenting multiple lessons learned.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2024-02-14en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDyson, K.; Nicolau, A.P.; Tenneson, K.; Francesconi, W.; Daniels, A.; Andrich, G.; Caldas, B.; Castaño, S.; de Campos, N.; Dilger, J.; Guidotti, V.; Jaques, I.; McCullough, I.M.; McDevitt, A.D.; Molina, L.; Nekorchuk, D.M.; Newberry, T.; Lima Pereira, C.; Perez, J.; Richards-Dimitrie, T.; Rivera, O.; Rodriguez, B.; Sales, N.; Tello, J.; Wespestad, C.; Zutta, B.; Saah, D. (2024) Coupling remote sensing and eDNA to monitor environmental impact: A pilot to quantify the environmental benefits of sustainable agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon. PLoS ONE 19(2): e0289437. ISSN: 1932-6203en_US
dcterms.extente0289437en_US
dcterms.issued2024-02-14en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC0-1.0en_US
dcterms.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dcterms.subjectevaluationen_US
dcterms.subjectclimate change mitigationen_US
dcterms.subjectbiodiversity conservationen_US
dcterms.subjectremote sensingen_US
dcterms.subjectdna barcodingen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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