IPAM has the objective to promote the recognition of indigenous peoples and lands as an asset for the country’s development and for the climate balance in public policies, guaranteeing their rights and, as a consequence, the protection of forest and water resources in the Amazon. This document shows the strategies and achieviments.
Modeling the effects of throughfall reduction on soil water content in a Brazilian Oxisol under a moist tropical forest
Access to water reserves in deep soil during drought periods determines whether ornot the tropical moist forests of Amazonia will be buffered from the deleterious effectsof water deficits. Changing climatic conditions are predicted to increase periods of droughtin...