Greenhouse gases from deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia: Net committed emissions

Climatic Change

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 321-360

  Fearnside, Philip M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION;

BRAZIL, AMAZONIA;

EID: 0030619193     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005336724350     Document Type: Review

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