Amazônia em Chamas nº 12 – entendendo a relação entre o fogo e desmatamento em 2023
Apesar da redução de 50% no desmatamento na Amazônia, a pior seca em 125 anos aumentou o fogo em outras áreas do bioma, elevando a área queimada total para 10 milhões de hectares, 36% a mais do que em 2022. Dados foram publicados Nota Técnica Amazônia em Chamas nº...
Re-Framing REDD+
Steps for re-framing REDD as a new rural development paradigm, based upon analyses of 13 GCF states and provinces.
Leafcutter Ant Nests Inhibit Low-Intensity Fire Spread in the Understory of Transitional Forests at the Amazon’s Forest-Savanna Boundary
Leaf-cutter ants (Atta spp.) remove leaf litter and woody debris—potential fuels—in and around their nests and foraging trails. We conducted single and three annual experimental fires to determine the effects of this leaf-cutter ant activity on the behavior of...
Leafcutter Ant Nests Inhibit Low-Intensity Fire Spread in the Understory of Transitional Forests at the Amazon's Forest-Savanna Boundary
Leaf-cutter ants (Atta spp.) remove leaf litter and woody debris—potential fuels—in and around their nests and foraging trails. We conducted single and three annual experimental fires to determine the effects of this leaf-cutter ant activity on the behavior of...
Institutional subversion and deforestation: learning lessons from the system for the environmental licensing of rural properties in Mato Grosso
This article contributes to the public administration and environmental governance literature by proposing the notion of ‘institutional subversion’ as a way of describing how the strategies adopted by local actors may change and even go against the initial aims of...
REDD+: Relatório de Painel Técnico do MMA sobre financiamento, benefícios e cobenefícios
Relatório construído a partir do debate promovido em 2010 com o Grupo de Trabalho formado por especialistas (pesquisadores do IPAM, IMAZON, IPEA, entre outras organizações) sobre mecanismos financeiros voltados para a implementação de uma Estratégia Nacional de REDD+.
Institutional subversion and deforestation: learning lessons from the system for the environmental licencing of rural properties in Mato Grosso
Following the influential Brundtland Report, environmental preservation, social welfare and economic growth ceased to be seen as opposite objectives, but rather, were considered as pillars of what came to be known as ‘sustainable development’ (WCED, 1987). In order...