Changes in land use, associated with deforestation and wildfires, is the main cause of greenhouse gas emissions in the Amazon biome in Brazil. In 2022, it accounted for a share of almost 80 percent. The agriculture and livestock sector ranked second, generating an estimated 174 million tons of CO₂ equivalent worth of emissions in 2022.
Greenhouse gas emissions in the Amazon in Brazil from 2015 to 2022, by sector (in million tons of CO₂ equivalent)
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Sistema de Estimativas de Emissões e Remoções de Gases de Efeito Estufa. (December 5, 2023). Greenhouse gas emissions in the Amazon in Brazil from 2015 to 2022, by sector (in million tons of CO₂ equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251320/greenhouse-gas-emissions-amazon-brazil-sector/
Sistema de Estimativas de Emissões e Remoções de Gases de Efeito Estufa. "Greenhouse gas emissions in the Amazon in Brazil from 2015 to 2022, by sector (in million tons of CO₂ equivalent)." Chart. December 5, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251320/greenhouse-gas-emissions-amazon-brazil-sector/
Sistema de Estimativas de Emissões e Remoções de Gases de Efeito Estufa. (2023). Greenhouse gas emissions in the Amazon in Brazil from 2015 to 2022, by sector (in million tons of CO₂ equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251320/greenhouse-gas-emissions-amazon-brazil-sector/
Sistema de Estimativas de Emissões e Remoções de Gases de Efeito Estufa. "Greenhouse Gas Emissions in The Amazon in Brazil from 2015 to 2022, by Sector (in Million Tons of Co₂ Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251320/greenhouse-gas-emissions-amazon-brazil-sector/
Sistema de Estimativas de Emissões e Remoções de Gases de Efeito Estufa, Greenhouse gas emissions in the Amazon in Brazil from 2015 to 2022, by sector (in million tons of CO₂ equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251320/greenhouse-gas-emissions-amazon-brazil-sector/ (last visited June 01, 2024)
Greenhouse gas emissions in the Amazon in Brazil from 2015 to 2022, by sector (in million tons of CO₂ equivalent) [Graph], Sistema de Estimativas de Emissões e Remoções de Gases de Efeito Estufa, December 5, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251320/greenhouse-gas-emissions-amazon-brazil-sector/