PORTAL DO MINISTÉRIO DA CIÊNCIA, TECNOLOGIA E INOVAÇÃO

	Inventory of Anthropogenic Emissions and Removals of Greenhouse Gases not Controlled by the Montreal Protocol As a signatory country to the Convention on Climate Change, has committed itself to prepare and periodically update the National Inventory of Anthropogenic Emissions and Removals of Greenhouse Gases, which covers the following sectors: energy, industrial processes, solvent and other product use, agriculture, land-use change and forestry, and waste. Click here to see the complete publication

:: Background Reports - Energy Sector

	Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fuel Burning - Top-Down Approach This report presents the estimates of CO2 emissions from fuel combustion for the period 1990 through 1994 using the top-down approach described on the Revised 1996 Guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC. Click here to see the complete publication

	Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Fuel Combustion - Bottom-up Approach This report presents estimates of emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx), nitrous oxide (N2O) and non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC), from fuel combustion in Brazil in the period of 1990 to 1994, based on the bottom-up approach in the 1996 Revised Guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC,1997). Click here to see the complete publication

	Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Mobile Sources in the Energy Sector This report presents the estimates for greenhouse gas emissions from mobile sources in the energy sector, including road transport in the light and heavy vehicle categories and air transport. It was prepared based on the 1996 Revised Guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Click here to see the complete publication

	Fugitive Emissions from Coal Mining and Handling This report presents the estimates of greenhouse gas emissions from the coal industry in Brazil for the period 1990 through 1994, based on the Revised 1996 Guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC. Click here to see the complete publication

:: Background Reports - Industry

	Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Industrial Processes and Use of Solvents This report presents the estimates of greenhouse gas emissions from production process in the Brazilian industrial sector and from the use of solvents, for the period of 1990 to 1994, based on the 1996 Revised Guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Click here to see the complete publication

:: Background Reports - Agriculture Sector

	Methane Emissions from Livestock This report presents the estimates of methane emissions from enteric fermentation and animal wastes from livestock production in for the period from 1986 to 1995, including the average for the period 1989-1991 and 1993-1995, based on the Revised 1996 Guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC. Click here to see the complete publication

	Methane Emissions from Rice Cultivation This report presents the estimates of methane emissions from flooded rice fields in for the period 1986 through 1995, based on the Revised 1996 Guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC. Click here to see the complete publication

	Emissions of Greenhouse Gases from Burning of Agricultural Residues This report presents the estimates of emissions of methane, carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide and nitrogen oxides resulting from burning of agricultural residues in , in the period of 1986 to 1996, based on the 1996 Guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC. Click here to see the complete publication

	Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Agricultural Soils This report presents the annual estimates of N2O emissions from agricultural soils in Brazil for the period of 1989 to 1995, including N2O emissions from manure management (to be reported in the Waste Sector) and emissions from human sewage treatment (to be reported in the Residue Treatment Sector). The methodology used is based on the Revised 1996 Guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC. Click here to see the complete publication

	Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Biomass Burning in the Non-Anthropogenic Cerrado Using Orbital Data This report presents the estimates of directly human-induced greenhouse gas emissions from biomass burning in the non-anthropogenic Brazilian cerrado for the year 1999, based on the Revised 1996 Guidelines of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC. Click here to see the complete publication

:: Background Reports - Land-Use Change and Forestry

	Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Removals from Forest Conversion and Abandonment of Managed Lands This report presents the Brazilian estimates of net anthropogenic CO2 emissions from land use change (i.e., balance of CO2 emissions from conversion of native forest to agricultural land or pastures and of CO2 removals from the atmosphere from abandonment of managed land) from 1988 to 1994, based on the Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 1997). Click here to see the complete publication

	Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Removals from Changes in the Stocks of Planted Forests This report presents the estimates of CO2 uptaken by forests that were planted for industrial uses in in the period from 1990 to 1994, based on the Revised 1996 Guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC. Click here to see the complete publication

	Emissions and Removals of Carbon Dioxide by Soils from Land Use Change and Liming This report presents the Brazilian estimates of annual flows of CO2 from soils for the period of 1990 to 1994, based on the Revised 1996 Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 1997). Click here to see the complete publication

	Carbon Dioxide and Methane Emissions from Brazilian Hydroelectric Reservoirs The present study is aimed at developing a methodology for measuring carbon dioxide and methane emissions in reservoirs, and consequently the assessment of contributions of hydroelectric facilities to greenhouse gas emissions in . Click here to see the complete publication

:: Background Reports - Waste Treatment

	Methane Emissions from Waste Treatment and Disposal This report presents the estimates of methane emissions from solid waste disposal and wastewater treatment in for the period 1990 through 1994, based on the Revised 1996 Guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC. Click here to see the complete publication