Booklet IPAM

29 de setembro de 2016

set 29, 2016

IPAM, the Amazon Environmental Research Institute, is a non-governmental and non-profit organization created in May 1995, in Belém, State of Pará, Brazil. It is one of the most influential and authoritative environmental think-tanks in Brazil and Latin America, with both national and international recognition due to the quality and relevance of its projects, products and scientific papers. Our mission is to provide science, education and innovation for an Amazon with a healthy environment, developed economy and social equity

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