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Brazil launches first GHG registry in South America

SAN FRANCISCO -- A dozen corporations have agreed to voluntarily report their greenhouse gas emissions to a carbon registry launched yesterday in Brazil. The Brazil Greenhouse Gas Protocol Program is the first such effort to inventory GHGs in South America. The system, modeled after the Climate Registry in the United States, is meant to establish accounting methods and protocols for corporations to report annual emissions output to the public. The registries are also an important precursor to the development of national and international carbon markets. Go to story #1