Increasing beef production could lower greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil if decoupled from deforestation

R. de Oliveira Silva (), L. G. Barioni, J. A. J. Hall, M. Folegatti Matsuura, T. Zanett Albertini, F. A. Fernandes and D. Moran
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R. de Oliveira Silva: School of Mathematics, The University of Edinburgh
L. G. Barioni: Embrapa Agriculture Informatics
J. A. J. Hall: School of Mathematics, The University of Edinburgh
M. Folegatti Matsuura: Embrapa Environment
T. Zanett Albertini: Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of Sao Paulo (ESALQ/USP)
F. A. Fernandes: Embrapa Pantanal
D. Moran: SRUC

Nature Climate Change, 2016, vol. 6, issue 5, 493-497

Abstract: Modelling shows that increased beef production in the Brazilian Cerrado could lower greenhouse gas emissions and increase soil organic carbon stocks, provided that it is decoupled from deforestation.

Date: 2016
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