Smoke pollution's impacts in Amazonia

7 de agosto de 2020

ago 7, 2020

Gabriel de Oliveira, Jing M. Chen, Scott C. Stark, Erika Berenguer, Paulo Moutinho, Paulo Artaxo, Liana O. Anderson, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão

Brazil’s Amazon region is undergoing a period of environmental setback, during which large infrastructure projects are being pushed forward and environmental protection is being reduced.

One of these projects is the reopening of Highway BR-319, which was built in 1973 but abandoned in 1988. The road connects Porto Velho, located in an area of abundant deforestation, to Manaus in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. With BR-319 and its planned side roads open to traffic, the deforested area, would likely increase to more than 1200% of the 2011 level by 2100.

Leia o artigo completo.

Read the full article. 

Baixar (sujeito à disponibilidade)

Download (subject to availability)

ODS 15ODS 13ODS 12

Este projeto está alinhado aos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS).

Saiba mais em brasil.un.org/pt-br/sdgs.

Veja também

See also

Responding to climate change and the global land crisis: REDD+, market transformation and low-emissions rural development

Responding to climate change and the global land crisis: REDD+, market transformation and low-emissions rural development

Climate change and rapidly escalating global demand for food, fuel, fibre and feed present seemingly contradictory challenges to humanity. Can greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from land-use, more than one-fourth of the global total, decline as growth in land-based...

Subnational REDD Strategy in the Transamazon Region: Promoting a new Model of Low-Emission Rural Development in the Brazilian Amazon

Subnational REDD Strategy in the Transamazon Region: Promoting a new Model of Low-Emission Rural Development in the Brazilian Amazon

This document describes a series of integrated strategic actions to reduce deforestation and forest fires in the southwest region of Para State (Trans-Amazon region) taken by the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) in partnership with the Living, Producing and Preserving Foundation (FVPP) and the support from the British Embassy, the Brazil’s Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management, and the Brazilian Secretariat for Strategic Affairs.

A Compensação pela Redução do Desmatamento Tropical na Convenção Quadro de Mudança Climática da ONU e os Povos da FlorestaCompensation for the Reduction of Tropical Deforestation at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and Forest Peoples

A Compensação pela Redução do Desmatamento Tropical na Convenção Quadro de Mudança Climática da ONU e os Povos da FlorestaCompensation for the Reduction of Tropical Deforestation at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and Forest Peoples

A seguinte apresentação traz uma estimativa do futuro das florestas tropicais sob a perspectiva atual.The following presentation provides an estimate of the tropical forests future from today's perspective.