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BRAZIL'S CARBON BUDGET FOR 1990
Citation:
Dunning, J. BRAZIL'S CARBON BUDGET FOR 1990. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-95/472, 1994.
Description:
The recent history of deforestation in the Amazon region of Brazil is well known. ajor reason for alarm over the rate and magnitude of deforestation in Brazil has been concern that the reduction in vegetation releases carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases that may contribute to global climate change. hile deforestation releases CO2, however, tree growth elsewhere accumulates atmospheric carbon (C). Discussions of CO2 releases from tropical deforestation have tended to focus on gross releases and have generally not considered the effects of carbon uptake. he objective of this paper is to examine the net C balance for Brazil by estimating both CO2-C release and uptake.