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Figure 9.7: Current carbon stocks for the Pan-Amazon and Brazilian Amazon (left bar) and estimates of cumulative future emission by 2050 from deforestation under BAU (business-as-usual) and governance scenarios.
Note: The difference between the two scenarios represents an amount equivalent to eight times the carbon emission reduction to be achieved during the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol.