Brazil-China Cooperation for Sustainable Development
IPAM produces research on the relationship between Brazil and China across climate, trade, and environmental conservation agendas - from protecting the Cerrado and the Amazon to opportunities for sustainable cooperation between the two countries. Explore two IPAM...
An Amazon Perspective on the Forest-Climate Connection: Opportunity for Climate Mitigation, Conservation and Development?
Amazonia contains more carbon (C) than a decade of global, human-induced CO2 emissions (60–80 billion tons). This C is gradually being released to the atmosphere through deforestation. Projected increases in Amazon deforestation associated with investments in road...
Seedling growth dynamics of a deeply rooting liana in a secondary forest in eastern Amazonia
Root penetration rate was estimated for the liana Davilla kunthii St. Hill (Dilleniaceae) in a secondary forest in eastern Amazonia by relating aboveground growth with root depth measurements. Basal diameter, height, number of leaves and number of scars of...
Plano de Ação para a Prevenção e Controle do Desmatamento na Amazônia Legal
Baseado no "Plano de Ação para a Prevenção e Controle do Desmatamento na Amazônia Legal", o programa do Governo Lula tem como prioridade a viabilização de um novo modelo de desenvolvimento na região amazônica.
Mudanças Climáticas, o Protocolo de Quioto e o Mercado de Carbono
O documento faz uma análise histórica sobre o aumento significativo nas concentrações dos gases de efeito estufa. Aborda também o objetivo do Protocolo de Quioto e das Conferências sobre mudanças Climáticas e mecanismos de flexibilização como o mercado de carbono.
What lies behind decentralisation? Forest, powers and actors in lowland Bolivia
Bolivia has undertaken important policy reforms since the mid-1990s aimed at institutionalising popular participation and promoting democratic decentralisation. In the forestry sector, municipal governments have received responsibilities and various mechanisms have...
The role of informal contracts in the growth of small cattle herds on the floodplains of the Lower Amazon
In the absence of access to formal credit, informal contracts with independent investors give the small ranchers of the Lower Amazon an acceptable means through which to surmount the high investment hurdle of starting a cattle herd. These contracts – called...