The hidden emissions: how Amazon wildfires can boost Brazil's CO2 emissions

5 de novembro de 2021

nov 5, 2021

Camila Silva, Ane Alencar, Aline Pontes, Julia Shimbo, Wallace Silva, Fernando Elias

This policy brief presents the level of emissions from understory forest wildfires in the Amazon as a way to highlight the urgent need to protect the carbon sink and storage potential, a critical function of the Amazonian rainforests, which has been diminished.

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Este projeto está alinhado aos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS).

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