Climate challenges and opportunities in the Brazilian Cerrado

9 de novembro de 2017

nov 9, 2017

T. Reis, G. Russo, V. Ribeiro, P. Moutinho, A. Guimarães, M. Stabile, A. Alencar, A.C.Crisostomo, D. Silva, J. Shimbo.

The Cerrado is a key biome for Brazil’s economic development, food production, maintenance of water cycles, preservation of biodiversity, and for global climate change mitigation and adaptation. Notwithstanding its importance, the biome is often overlooked within the national and international climate change debates. The current rate of conversion in the Cerrado is not sustainable, releasing a previously unaccounted volume of carbon dioxide

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