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.
Reducing Carbon Emission by Slowing Deforestation: Initiatives in Brazil
Reducing Carbon Emission by Slowing Deforestation: Initiatives in Brazil
Brazil could make a substantial contribution to climate change mitigation. Should the UNFCCC include a "reduction of emissions from deforestation and degradation" (REDD) mechanism in its post-2012 framework? About 75 per cent of Brazil's CO2 emissions do not result...