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Are hydroelectric dams in the Brazilian Amazon significant sources of ‘greenhouse’ gases?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2009

Luiz Pinguelli Rosa ,
Roberto Schaeffer  and
Marco Aurelio dos Santos
Luiz Pinguelli Rosa
Affiliation:
Energy Planning Program, COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Tecnologia, Bloco C, Sala 211, C.P. 68565, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Roberto Schaeffer*
Affiliation:
Energy Planning Program, COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Tecnologia, Bloco C, Sala 211, C.P. 68565, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Marco Aurelio dos Santos
Affiliation:
Energy Planning Program, COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Tecnologia, Bloco C, Sala 211, C.P. 68565, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
*
Correspondence: Dr Roberto Schaeffer, Tel: +55 21 2709995 Fax: + 55 21 2906626 e-mail: roberto@ppe.ufrj.br
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Environmental Conservation , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , March 1996 , pp. 2 - 6
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1996

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