The Cerrado is a key biome for Brazil’s economic development, food production, maintenance of water cycles, preservation of biodiversity, and for global climate change mitigation and adaptation. Notwithstanding its importance, the biome is often overlooked within the national and international climate change debates. The current rate of conversion in the Cerrado is not sustainable, releasing a previously unaccounted volume of carbon dioxide
Exploring the Bottom-up Generation of REDD+ Policy by Forest-dependent Peoples
Several Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) projects are currently being planned and implemented in the Brazilian Amazon forest. Representatives of Brazilian Indigenous peoples and local communities recognize potential benefits of...