Brazil, Enviromental Factors in Short.

Introduction Brazil's Amazon rainforest comprises 30% of the world's remaining tropical forests and, besides providing shelter to one tenth of the world's plant and animal species, acts as a significant mechanism for removing excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. According to the World Bank, just one acre of Amazon rainforest sequesters about 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide annually. In recent years, energy-related environmental problems, including oil spills, air pollution, flooding and deforestation have become a threat to …

…rapid growth and industrialization has been met mostly with increasing hydroelectric generation, while gasoline demand is held down by policies requiring a percentage of ethanol in the fuel mix. Nuclear Brazil presently has two operational nuclear power plants in Angra dos Reis (Angra I and Angra II). These facilities were responsible for approximately 1.7% of the country's electric power generation in 2001. Construction had begun on Angra III, but political and economic factors have delayed its completion.