Tractor-trailer truckslin e up along a red and muddy earthen road. Large vinyl tarpaulins secured by ropes cover the open-topped hoppers of each one. Truck drivers hang out and prepare simple meals using stoves and kitchen utensils contained in a compact box built into the side of the truck cab. It’s early March, still the middle of a lush and highly predictable rainy season. Th e trucks wait for their turn and then enter a large modern compound with a football fi eld–sized building where they are loaded with recently harvested and dried soybeans and weighed.
Cenários espaçotemporais para o desmatamento na Amazônia Legal brasileira
Cenários espaçotemporais para o desmatamento na Amazônia Legal brasileira
Pesquisadores do IPAM (Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia) criaram, em parceria com o Banco Mundial, uma plataforma onde é possível prever o risco de desmatamento e estimar as áreas futuramente desmatadas nos estados da Amazônia Legal. A pesquisa pretende...