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.
Amazônia em Chamas 7 – Desmatamento e fogo nas florestas públicas não destinadas
As florestas públicas não destinadas (FPND) fazem parte do Cadastro Nacional de Florestas Públicas, atualmente sob a responsabilidade do Serviço Florestal Brasileiro (SFB). Estas florestas ocupam uma superfície de 57,5 milhões de hectares, mais do que a área da...