Combate aos Incêndios Florestais na Amazônia: Florestas Ombrófilas Densas
A publicação foi desenvolvida para apoiar brigadistas institucionais e voluntários no combate aos incêndios florestais em florestas ombrófilas densas da Amazônia, ecossistemas que, devido ao avanço das mudanças climáticas e ao aumento da frequência de secas...
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,...
Policy, drought and fires combine to affect biodiversity in the Amazon basin
The Amazon basin contains the largest continuous area of tropical rainforests in the world, and has a crucial role in regulating Earth’s climate1. Rates of tropical-rainforest deforestation and the impacts of fire and drought there are well established2,3. Less is...