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30% of Brazil's emissions from deforestation are export-driven
2013-04-05 20:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: 2.7 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions or 30 percent of the carbon associated with deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon between 2000 and 2010 was effectively exported in the form of beef products and soy, finds a new study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters. The research underscores the rising role that global trade plays in driving tropical deforestation. The study, led by Jonas Karstensen of the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research in Oslo,...
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