The Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia (IPAM) [Amazon Environmental Research Institute], born in Belém, Pará, is a scientific, non-governmental, non-partisan and non-profit organization. Since 1995, its mission has been to promote science, education, and innovation for an environmentally sound, economically prosperous, and socially just Amazon.
Amazon in flames 8 – Deforestation, fire and ranching on public lands
Amazon in flames 8 – Deforestation, fire and ranching on public lands
Public lands, which include indigenous lands (ILs), conservation units (CUs) and undesignated public land, occupy about 276 million hectares in the Amazon biome - if it were a European country, it would only be smaller in territory than Russia. These areas are...