Les Rôles des Fonds Environnementaux dans le REDD+

The Amazon tropical evergreen forest is an important component of the global carbon budget. Its forest floristic composition, structure, and function are sensitive to changes in climate, atmospheric composition, and land use. In this study biomass and productivity...

Sugar cane ethanol replaces fossil fuels, but changes in soil carbon could offset some of the benefit. Now, a study shows minor loss of soil carbon when pastures and croplands are converted to cane, but larger losses when converting native savannahs. Leia o artigo...

Several Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) projects are currently being planned and implemented in the Brazilian Amazon forest. Representatives of Brazilian Indigenous peoples and local communities recognize potential benefits of...