With the objective of reflecting on the causes that led to this deforestation and stimulating a reaction by the Brazilian Public Sector, the Amazon Institute for Environmental Research (IPAM), the Socioenvironmental Institute (ISA) and the Institute of People and the Environment of the Amazon (IMAZON), present in this document their reflections on the increase in deforestation that occurred in 2013 and put forth a series of recommendations for moving forward with reductions in rates of forest destruction in the Amazon.
Commercial fishing in the Brazilian Amazon: regional differentiation in fleet characteristics and efficiency
Regional differentiation in fleet characteristics and economic efficiency, as well as the total elasticity of scale in the commercial fishing fleets of the Brazilian Amazon were analysed. Data were collected in 893 interviews with boat operators in four major ports...