Encontro de Energia no Meio Rural
Agrener

Abstract

Silva Orlando Cristiano da, Stella Osvaldo, Varkulya Jr Americo, Coelho Suani Teixeira. Potencial de mitigação de gases estufa pela indústria de óleo de palma visando a captação de recursos do mecanismo de desenvolvimento limpo (MDL). In: Proceedings of the 3. Encontro de Energia no Meio Rural [Proceedings online]; 2000  Sep 12-15; Campinas, SP, Brazil. 2003 [cited 2024 May 05]. Available from: URL: http://www.proceedings.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=MSC0000000022000000200043&lng=en&nrm=van .

The possibility of Kyoto's Protocol ratification introduces a new perspectives for the international financing of projects that contribute to the mitigation of the greenhouse effect. This work describes the potencial in greenhouse gases mitigation and sequestration in the palm oil industry in Brasil. The analisys is focused on the industrial stages of the process because the intensive use of energy that it represents. Agricultural aspects take place on the carbon off set analysis. Finally a analisys of the potencial internacional financing using the carbon credits from the CDM is made.

Keywords : Sequestro de Carbono; Protocolo de Quioto; Óleo de Palma.