With the objective of reflecting on the causes that led to this deforestation and stimulating a reaction by the Brazilian Public Sector, the Amazon Institute for Environmental Research (IPAM), the Socioenvironmental Institute (ISA) and the Institute of People and the Environment of the Amazon (IMAZON) present in this document their reflections on the increase in deforestation that occurred in 2013 and put forth a series of recommendations for moving forward with reductions in rates of forest destruction in the Amazon.
Joint submission for the fourth monitoring cycle of Brazil in the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Joint submission for the fourth monitoring cycle of Brazil in the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Brazilian organizations submitted the present document to the United Nations, which they describe the current scenario of compliance with human rights in Brazil. The Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM, anacronym in Portuguese), the Instituto do Homem e...