PRESENÇA HUMANA EM UNIDADE DE CONSERVAÇÃO: um impasse científico, jurídico ou político?
A Constituição Brasileira, no seu artigo 225, declara que "todos têm direito ao meio ambiente ecologicamente equilibrado, bem de uso comum do povo e essencial à sadia qualidade de vida, impondo-se ao Poder Público e à coletividade o dever de defendê-lo e...
Deforestation and stream warming affect body size of Amazonian fishes
Deforested streams were up to 6 ÊC warmer and had fish 36% smaller than forest streams on average. This body size reduction could be largely explained by the responses of the four most common species, which were 43±55% smaller in deforested streams.
Sustainable Settlements Project – Report
The Sustainable Settlements Project (PAS –Projeto Assentamentos Sustentáveis in Portuguese) was initiated in 2012, with the support of the Amazon Fund and the FVPP (Live, Produce and Preserve Foundation in the Portuguese acronym), with the challenge of proposing and implementing a model that associates increased income for family farmers and reduced deforestation levels in Land Reform.
Tanguro Project – Report
The Tanguro Project has begun in 2004 focusing on the development of innovative techniques for the recovery of degraded areas at the agricultural frontier. Since then, the goals have expanded. The interdisciplinary group of researchers is currently studying the processes that affect an ecosystem in order to outline an agricultural production model that is balanced with conservation of the Amazon and Cerrado.
Amazon-Bonn: report
In November 14, 2017, the Ministry for Environment of Brazil and the Legal Amazon State Governors Forum, besides the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany (BMZ), the Amazon Fund and the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), invited...
Indigenous peoples – Report
IPAM has the objective to promote the recognition of indigenous peoples and lands as an asset for the country's development and for the climate balance in public policies, guaranteeing their rights and, as a consequence, the protection of forest and water resources in the Amazon. This document shows the strategies and achieviments.
Classificação fundiária e desmatamento
Mapa mostra as categorias fundiárias: terras indígenas, unidades de conservação, florestas não destinadas e projetos de assentamentos. E apresenta as áreas desmatadas até 2016. As fontes são: Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), Serviço Florestal Brasileiro (SFB), Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (INCRA) e Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE).