Role Of Brazilian Amazon Protected Areas In Climate Change Mitigation
Role Of Brazilian Amazon Protected Areas In Climate Change Mitigation Britaldo Soares-Filho, Paulo Moutinho, Daniel Nepstad, Anthony Anderson, Hermann Rodrigues, Ricardo Garcia, Laura Dietzsch, Frank Merry, Maria Bowman, Letícia Hissa, Rafaella Silvestrini, and Cláudio Maretti, 2010 Protected areas (PAs) now shelter 54% of the remaining forests of the Brazilian Amazon and contain 56% of its forest carbon. However, the role of these PAs in reducing carbon fluxes to the atmosphere from...For the rest of the article, as well as maps, images, related items, and videos, please visit Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources.