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Legal Amazon greenhouse gas emissions share in Brazil 2010-2020

Published by
Bruna Alves,
Oct 21, 2022
In 2020, the Legal Amazon area in Brazil accounted for 52.4 percent of the country's greenhouse gas emissions, surpassing the 50-percent threshold for the first time in the indicated period. The contribution of the Legal Amazon to Brazil's emissions saw a mostly upward trend throughout the past decade. In 2020, the Legal Amazon's greenhouse gas emissions surpassed 1.1 billion tons of CO₂ equivalent.

Legal Amazon as a share of greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil from 2010 to 2020

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Release date

August 2022

Region

Brazil

Survey time period

2010 to 2020

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estimates, based on emissions in million tons to CO₂e

Supplementary notes

The 'Legal Amazon' is an area of more than five million square kilometers, which comprises the Brazilian states of Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, and Tocantins.

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