Table 4 Criteria choice for the assessment of synergies and trade-offs in the sugarcane expansion area
Criteria | Reference | Classes | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
Water scarcity vulnerability | Basin water balance status | Low | No problem |
Medium | Qualitative problem | ||
High | Quantitative and quali-quantitative problem | ||
Carbon stock change | Organic carbon stock change from soil and biomass (dLUC emission) | Stock | dLUC < 0 |
Emission | dLUC > 0 | ||
Biodiversity loss vulnerability | Biological importance of areas and reported biodiversity impacts (direct and indirect) considering sugarcane expansion on current land use | Low | Degraded pastureland |
Medium | Annual crop and non-degraded pastureland | ||
High | High biological importance areas |
