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...
Relatório "Seminário Técnico sobre o Cadastro Ambiental Rural"
O presente relatório mostra um resumo das discussões do “Seminário Técnico sobre o CAR”, organizado pelo Observatório do Código Florestal (OCF) e IPAM. O evento contou com representantes de todo o país e foi realizado no auditório 1 do Instituto de Biologia da Universidade de Brasília (UnB) em agosto de 2017.
Epidemiologically inspired approaches to land-use policy evaluation
In order to test and develop methods, the study evaluates the effect of a land-use policy known as the rural environmental registry (CAR) on the reduction of deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest.
Map of undesignated forestlands in the Legal Amazon
Public forests of the Brazilian Legal Amazon and its 70 million hectares of undesignated forestlands (IPAM, with data from SFB, 2016).
Terras não-designadas na Amazônia Legal
O mapa mostra onde estão as florestas públicas não-designadas, ou seja, sem destinação na Amazônia Legal, com base em dados coletados no Serviço Florestal Brasileiro (SFB, 2016).
Geographic range-scale assessment of species conservation status: A framework linking species and landscape features
The concept of habitat and spatial extent are key features in landscape ecology. A non-precise definition of habitat and the wrong choice of the scale can affect model outcomes and our understanding about population conservation status. We proposed a framework and...
Drivers and mechanisms of tree mortality in moist tropical forests
Tree mortality rates appear to be increasing in moist tropical forests (MTFs) with significant carbon cycle consequences. Here, we review the state of knowledge regarding MTF tree mortality, create a conceptual framework with testable hypotheses regarding the...