Os incêndios no Brasil em 2024 geraram níveis históricos de emissões
O objetivo deste policy brief foi estimar as emissões brutas de gases de efeito estufa causadas pelos incêndios de 2024 no Brasil e destacar a relevância desse componente no perfil de emissões do país. Para isso, desagregamos a análise das áreas afetadas pelo fogo...
Effects of settlement designs on deforestation and fragmentation in the Brazilian Amazon
Tropical forests are providers of relevant ecosystem services at different spatial scales, but they have been under intense human pressure in recent decades, primarily because of their conversion into agricultural or pasture lands. Colonization projects have been a...
Anexo I – Declaração de Integridade, Elegibilidade e Responsabilidade Ambiental e Social
Anexo referente ao TERMO DE REFERÊNCIA Nº 87.2021.85707, consultoria para o desenvolvimento de uma ferramenta digital para a coleta de dados das cadeias produtivas do cacau e do açaí no estado do Pará.
Amazonian forest degradation must be incorporated into the COP26 agenda
Nations will reaffirm their commitment to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26; www.ukcop26.org), in Glasgow, Scotland, in November 2021. Revision of the national commitments will play a key role in...
Mapping the stock and spatial distribution of aboveground woody biomass in the native vegetation of the Brazilian Cerrado biome
The Brazilian Cerrado biome consists of a highly heterogeneous tropical savanna, and is one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots. High rates of deforestation, however, place it as the second-largest source of carbon emissions in Brazil. Due to its heterogeneity,...