IPAM has the objective to promote the recognition of indigenous peoples and lands as an asset for the country’s development and for the climate balance in public policies, guaranteeing their rights and, as a consequence, the protection of forest and water resources in the Amazon. This document shows the strategies and achieviments.
Solving Brazil’s land use puzzle: Increasing production and slowing Amazon deforestation
Solving Brazil’s land use puzzle: Increasing production and slowing Amazon deforestation
Brazil has become an agricultural powerhouse, producing roughly 30 % of the world’s soy and 15 % of its beef by 2013 – yet historically much of that growth has come at the expense of its native ecosystems. Since 1985, pastures and croplands have replaced nearly 65...