Climate benefits of Amazon secondary forests—recent advances and research needs
A quarter of the deforested Amazon has regrown as secondary tropical forest and yet the climatic importance of these complex regenerating landscapes is only beginning to be recognised. Advances in satellite remote-sensing have transformed our ability to detect and...
Unlocking Forest Finance Project (UFF)
This paper is to introduce all partners involved in the Unlocking Forest Finance project – UFF, the major facts in terms of economics, demographics, natural capital and public policy of Brazil and Mato Grosso region.
SOMAI – System for Observation and Monitoring of the Indigenous Amazon
SOMAI is an online digital platform developed by IPAM. Its main objective is to provide data that strengthens the role of indigenous territories and populations of the Brazilian Amazon for the maintenance of regional and global climate balance.
A policy analysis framework for green political economy
This paper offers an analytical model for policy analysis. It aims at providing a comprehensive framework of instruments to assess whether and how a policy is leading towards sustainability in a broad, deep and transformational sense.
CCAL – Monitoring carbon stocks of the Amazon states
CCAL is a web-based carbon calculator designed to support public managers, especially those linked to state level REDD+ programs, in the development of strategies for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.
Desafios e oportunidades para implantação do novo Código Florestal brasileiro
O Código Florestal é o principal instrumento legal do Brasil para cumprir seus objetivos de redução de emissão de gases do efeito estufa. Contudo, ele precisa ser totalmente implementado. Uma análise divulgada pelo Observatório do Código Florestal na COP 21 detalha...
Deforestation scenarios in the area of influence of the Tapajós Hydropower Complex
A summary of an assessment commissioned by WWF and developed by IPAM aimed to provide a
better understanding of the occupation dynamics in the Tapajós basin region and the effects of the proposed Tapajós Hydropower Complex (in English).