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Cerri,Carlos Clemente; Maia,Stoecio Malta Ferreira; Galdos,Marcelo Valadares; Cerri,Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino; Feigl,Brigitte Josefine; Bernoux,Martial. |
Data from the 1990-1994 period presented in the "Brazil's Initial National Communication" document indicated that the country is one of the top world greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters. A large majority of Brazil's GHG emissions come from deforestation mainly of the Amazon biome for agriculture and livestock land uses. This unique inventory is now out of date. Thus, the aims of this review were (i) to update estimates of the GHG emissions for the Brazilian territory, (ii) to estimate the sinks to provide calculations of the GHG net emissions for the 1990-2005 period, (iii) to calculate the actual and estimate shares of agricultural and livestock activities, and (iv) to discuss in light of the new figures and patterns the best mitigation options for Brazil.... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: CO2-equivalent (CO2-eq); Soil; Inventory; Land use change and forestry. |
Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162009000600017 |
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