Brazilian greenhouse gas emissions: the importance of agriculture and livestock Emissões de gases do efeito estufa do Brasil: importância da agricultura e pastagem

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 a...

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Main Authors: Carlos Clemente Cerri, Stoecio Malta Ferreira Maia, Marcelo Valadares Galdos, Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri, Brigitte Josefine Feigl, Martial Bernoux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2009-12-01
Series:Scientia Agricola
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162009000600017