This report briefly describes the activities performed by the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), during the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), occurred between the 7th and 19th of December 2009, in Copenhagen, Denmark.
AMAZON ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE – IPAM. IPAM @ COP 15. Brasília/DF. January 20, 2010.
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