In Brazil, the sectors potentially more interested in exploring the possibility of receiving external resources from joint implementation projects would be the industrial reforestation and the sugar cane agro-industry sectors. It is not possible to predict, though, the importance and the volume of resources that could be made available by means of joint implementation projects. At a first stage, Brazil would be interested in the execution of projects aiming at energy conservation, particularly in the oil sector. But there is no indication that developed countries intended to allot all the required resources to meet the necessities of the Brazilian case. Keeping a consentaneous attitude in relation to initiatives deriving from the Miami Action Plan.
Brazil is a tropical country with mild winters and very large rivers.
More than 60 percent of the Brazilian energy matrix is related to renewable sources. Energy conservation programs seek additional improvements in energy production and consumption patterns in Brazil. Brazil is also a big producer of pig iron, using as well charcoal produced in very rudimentary brick beehives stoves. Brazilian universities are currently developing initial research projects to study methane emission from hydroelectric power plants in the Amazon region. In the agricultural sector, the Brazilian rice production rate is one of the highest in the world.