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08/13/2012
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The Reducing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon since 2004, decreased about 57% of emissions of carbon dioxide (CO 2), the National Institute for Space Research (INPE). According to the new study, the data show that deforestation in the region represents about 1.5% of all manmade carbon released globally into the atmosphere.
The data released are part of a new service that generates results INPE from PRODES data, monitoring system based on satellites that calculates how much the Amazon primary forest lost each year. "In this initial version of the INPE-MS system provides annual estimates for the entire Brazilian Amazon state and the region by 2011. Are also presented indicators for monitoring emissions reductions after 2006, based on the average deforestation from 1996 to 2005, "the researcher said in a statement Ana Paula Aguiar.
About half of the forest biomass is composed of carbon, which is released as carbon dioxide by burning, deforestation and other changes in land use. The speed of transfer of CO 2 into the atmosphere is related to the causes of deforestation - logging, establishment of pastures for cattle ranching, large-scale mechanized agriculture, family farming.
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