The Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia (IPAM) [Amazon Environmental Research Institute], born in Belém, Pará, is a scientific, non-governmental, non-partisan and non-profit organization. Since 1995, its mission has been to promote science, education, and innovation for an environmentally sound, economically prosperous, and socially just Amazon.
Amazon in Flames 9 – The new and alarming level of deforestation in the Amazon
Deforestation of forests in the Amazon has reached a new and alarming level in the last three years. The loss of forest between 2019 and 2021 exceeded 10,000 km² per year, a number 56.6% higher than the annual average of the previous period - 2016 to 2018. Although...