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.
The Air is Unbearable – Health Impacts of Deforestation-Related Fires in the Brazilian Amazon
Sprawling over nearly half of Brazil’s territory and encompassing nine of its states, the Amazon region is home to over 20 million Brazilians. Since 1985 – when the government began monitoring deforestation in the Amazon – more than half a million square kilometers...