Do chão ao céu, monitoramento territorial indígena e a primeira década da ferramenta SOMAI-ACI
A primeira edição do Boletim PROTEJA publicou dados do SOMAI-ACI sobre crimes ambientais em terras indígenas na Amazônia. Entre janeiro de 2021 e novembro de 2023, 761 atividades ilegais foram registradas em 46 terras indígenas, totalizando 33 milhões de hectares...
Tropical forest degradation remains an overlooked driver of global warming
Researchers from IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute) and other organizations presented during COP28, held in Dubai, a policy brief for decision makers with data and recommendations for combating forest degradation. The document highlights the impact of...
A degradação das florestas tropicais continua sendo um fator negligenciado no aquecimento global
Pesquisadores do IPAM (Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia) e outras organizações apresentaram durante a COP28, realizada em Dubai, um guia para tomadores de decisão (policy brief, em inglês) com dados e recomendações para o combate à degradação florestal....
Nature-based solutions are critical for putting Brazil on track towards net-zero emissions by 2050
Most of the world's nations (around 130) have committed to reaching net-zero carbon dioxide or greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050, yet robust policies rarely underpin these ambitions. To investigate whether existing and expected national policies will allow...
Overlooking vegetation loss outside forests imperils the Brazilian Cerrado and other non-forest biomes
The global emphasis on halting forest loss has failed to recognize the biodiversity and ecosystem services provision of non-forest biomes such as the Brazilian Cerrado. Here, we stress the urgent need to address their destruction, including at the upcoming UN...
Protected areas are effective on curbing fires in the Amazon
The assessment of whether protected areas (PAs) inhibit environmentally damaging fires is challenged by three sources of bias: (i) non-random site protection, (ii) influence of simultaneous land use and environmental changes, and (iii) unobservable time-invariant...
Increasing wildfires threaten progress on halting deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia
Sustainably managing the Amazon region is essential to mitigating global climate change and to preserving the biological and cultural diversity of the region. After promising reductions in degradation in the 2010s, a return to historically high levels of land...