Commodities for export still threaten rainforests in Brazil

16 de setembro de 2010

set 16, 2010

Luiz Antonio Martinelli, Paulo Moutinho

Correspondence:

We find your conclusion premature that there is no longer a direct correlation between food production in Brazil and deforestation in the Amazon.

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Brazil’s “Low-Carbon Agriculture” Program: Barries to implementation

Brazil’s “Low-Carbon Agriculture” Program: Barries to implementation

Brazil launched the “Low-Carbon Agriculture” Plan and a special line of credit: the ABC Program. However, the program has been slow in getting off the ground. To understand why, the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) conducted more than forty interviews with members of various producer, cooperative, association and industry groups, as well as the government.