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.
Climate and land use: Forgive us our carbon debts
Sugar cane ethanol replaces fossil fuels, but changes in soil carbon could offset some of the benefit. Now, a study shows minor loss of soil carbon when pastures and croplands are converted to cane, but larger losses when converting native savannahs. Leia o artigo...