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...
Terras Indígenas na Amazônia
Mapa produzido pelo IPAM localiza as terras indígenas na Amazônia.
Commodity production in Brazil: Combining zero deforestation and zero illegality
This article documents the degree of noncompliance of soy producers in the Amazon portion of Mato Grosso with Brazil’s Forest Code and addresses the importance of market demands in shifting agricultural production and land occupation towards zero deforestation.
Desmatamento zero: possível e urgente
O desmatamento zero na Amazônia brasileira, legal e ilegal, é um movimento inexorável. A Amazônia, o Brasil e o mundo precisam dessa meta atingida. Neste documento, o Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia (IPAM) defende que o fim do desmatamento amazônico...
Can carbon emissions from tropical deforestation drop by 50% in 5 years?
Halving carbon emissions from tropical deforestation by 2020 could help bring the international community closer to the agreed goal of <2 degree increase in global average temperature change and is consistent with a target set last year by the governments,...
Tropical Forests: Conserving Climate and Culture
Climate change is occurring now in many places in the tropics. Avoiding large future changes will require empowerment of indigenous peoples and traditional communities as land stewards. Further, scientists must work with stakeholders and policymakers to understand...
GIS without GPS: new opportunities in technology and survey research to link people and place
This paper presents innovative ways to relate survey data to GIS maps, thereby making the connection of people and place more accessible for the research community. Based on data from rural areas in the Brazilian Amazon, we describe a successful effort to sample...