Actions to reduce greenhouse gases emissions and, consequently, to mitigate climate change.
Forest conversion
Forest conversion
Change to the forest environment to establish another land use, such as pasture and agriculture; deforestation.
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Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Gas naturally present in the atmosphere, accounting for approximately 0.036% of all of the atmospheric gases, and also emitted from the burning of fossil fuels and biomass, land use changes, and other industrial processes. It is one of the main greenhouse gases and...
Arc of deforestation
Arc of deforestation
The region where the agricultural border advances towards the forest and also where the highest rates of deforestation of the Amazon are found. It corresponds to 500 thousand km² of land, going from the east and south of the Brazilian state of Pará towards the...