Climate benefits of Amazon secondary forests—recent advances and research needs
A quarter of the deforested Amazon has regrown as secondary tropical forest and yet the climatic importance of these complex regenerating landscapes is only beginning to be recognised. Advances in satellite remote-sensing have transformed our ability to detect and...
Promovendo REDD para pequenos produtores rurais na Amazônia brasileira
Texto introdutório sobre o primeiro projeto de REDD envolvendo pequenos produtores rurais na Amazônia Brasileira. Desenvolvido pelo IPAM e Fundação Viver, Preservar, Produzir (FVPP), o projeto foi submetido ao Fundo Amazônia e está pré-aprovado.
Promoting REDD among smallholders in the Brazilian Amazon
This document briefly describes a REDD project promoted by smallholders in the Brazilian Amazon that has been proposed by a group of 350 small producer families and submitted (and pre-approved), by the Living Foundation, Produce and Preserve (FVPP) in collaboration with IPAM, to the Amazon Fund.
Animais da Tanguro – Mato Grosso: Diversidade na zona de transição entre a floresta amazônica e o Cerrado
Publicação avalia impactos da ação humana sobre a fauna da região e oferece dados para gestão da paisagem.
Brazil’s Emerging Sectoral Framework for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation and the Potential to Deliver Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions from Avoided Deforestation in the Amazon’s Xingu River Basin
The report summarizes research and analysis conducted on the emerging market for GHG emissions offsets derived from activities to reduce deforestation and forest degradation. It presents analysis of the potential for large-scale emissions reductions in the Xingu River basin of the eastern Amazon region.
Everything is Connected: Climate Change and Biodiversity in a Fragile World
Publicação aborda as sinergias entre as agendas de mudanças climáticas e biodiversidade e traz oito artigos de especialistas, mostrando a experiência do Brasil, um dos países mais importantes no debate sobre os desafios da mudança do clima e da proteção da biodiversidade.
Commodities for export still threaten rainforests in Brazil
Correspondence: We find your conclusion premature that there is no longer a direct correlation between food production in Brazil and deforestation in the Amazon.