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Do Hydroelectric Dams Mitigate Global Warming? The Case of Brazil's CuruÁ-una Dam

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  • Philip Fearnside, 2005. "Do Hydroelectric Dams Mitigate Global Warming? The Case of Brazil's CuruÁ-una Dam," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 10(4), pages 675-691, October.
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    DOI: 10.1007/s11027-005-7303-7
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    1. Fearnside, Philip M., 2002. "Time preference in global warming calculations: a proposal for a unified index," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 41(1), pages 21-31, April.
    2. Philip Fearnside & Daniel Lashof & Pedro Moura-Costa, 2000. "Accounting for time in Mitigating Global Warming through land-use change and forestry," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 5(3), pages 239-270, September.
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