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(est.) Acres in Amazon (Brazil)
1,066,244,000 |
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(est.) Acres Lost in Amazon
58,500,000 |
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Acres Available for Sponsorship
465,000 |
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Acres Sponsored via Amazon Fund
12 |
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The Amazon Fund is creating its own
Carbon Calculator but until then here are some of the better
ones that we have come across:
The National Energy Foundation in the UK has a good intro to
carbon use which includes an easy to use carbon calculator.
http://www.nef.org.uk/energyadvice/co2emissions.htm
http://www.nef.org.uk/energyadvice/co2calculator.htm
A US based Environmental Advocacy group has created a
“Clearwater Carbon Calculator” downloadable Microsoft Excel
worksheet to calculate individual carbon production resulting
from transportation, home heating and other sources.
http://www.clearwater.org/carbon.html |
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The Amazon Fund will customize and update carbon cycle models
already available to reflect some more recent measurements and
to specifically cover the Amazon. Until that is done, here are
some of the better ones that we have come across.
This UCLA link has a good overview of the carbon cycle.
http://dilu.bol.ucla.edu/home.html
An individual has published a good intro to the carbon cycle.
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/CarbonCycle.html |
