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...
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...
O apagão das brigadas indígenas e a vulnerabilidade das terras indígenas aos incêndios na Amazônia brasileira em 2021
Na Amazônia brasileira, o uso do fogo é praticado milenarmente pelos povos originários. A prática da queimada foi intensificada na região quando a abertura de estradas no coração da maior floresta tropical do planeta promoveu a ocupação da Amazônia pelos povos não...