Fisheries management in the Brazilian Amazon

In this publication, IPAM briefly presents two on-the-ground initiatives with potential for REDD in the Brazilian Amazon that could be useful to create the basis of a National REDD regime in Brazil and, perhaps, in other tropical countries. ALENCAR, A.; CASTRO, I.;...

O Projeto Tanguro realiza pesquisas de queima controlada na Fazenda Tanguro desde 2004 e tem como objetivo entender os impactos do fogo na degradação de florestas tropicais. Confira a segunda edição do “Tanguro em Pauta” e saiba mais sobre o maior e mais longo experimento com fogo controlado em florestas tropicais.

In early August 2016 the environmental license to build the largest of these dams, the São Luiz do Tapajos, was denied. In addition to future expansion of hydropower throughout the Amazon, 43 dams are still planned for the Tapajos River Basin.