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...
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...
Changing Amazon biomass and the role of atmospheric CO2 concentration, climate, and land use
The Amazon tropical evergreen forest is an important component of the global carbon budget. Its forest floristic composition, structure, and function are sensitive to changes in climate, atmospheric composition, and land use. In this study biomass and productivity...
Desmatamento até 2014 conforme classificação fundiária
Mapa produzido pelo IPAM indica desmatamento na Amazônia até 2014 e classificação fundiária.
PEC 215: Ameaça aos direitos e ao meio ambiente
Não somente os direitos indígenas, garantidos pela Constituição Federal de 1988, estão ameaçados pela Proposta de Emenda Constitucional 215 de 2000 (PEC 215/00). Atualmente em discussão no Congresso Nacional, esta PEC, que também abarca propostas apensadas...
PEC 215: Threat to Rights and to the Environment
In addition to enforcing the fundamental rights of indigenous peoples, Indigenous Lands (ILs) are crucial for the maintenance of important ecosystem services. However, this role is under threat. If the Proposed Constitutional Amendment 215 of 2000 (PEC 215/00), currently under discussion in the Brazilian National Congress, is approved, it can cause serious legal insecurity for Indigenous Lands.
Projections of future meteorological drought and wet periods in the Amazon
Future intensification of Amazon drought resulting from climate change may cause increased fire activity, tree mortality, and emissions of carbon to the atmosphere across large areas of Amazonia. To provide a basis for addressing these issues, we examine properties of recent and future meteorological droughts in the Amazon in 35 climate models.