by Cristina Amorim | 23/08/2019 | News
The number of registered hotspots in the Amazon this year is already 60% greater than levels seen over the last three years. The outbreak of record numbers of fires can be attributed to deforestation and not drought, according to a technical memo on the current...
by Cristina Amorim | 29/06/2018 | News
A survey conducted by IBOPE/Rede Conhecimento Social, at the request of the Observatório do Código Florestal—OCF (Portuguese for Forest Code Observatory), shows that 82 percent of consumers in large Brazilian cities would like the products they purchase to comply with...
by Cristina Amorim | 28/06/2018 | News
Data released in June by the federal government regarding deforestation in the Cerrado show that between 2016 and 2017, Brazil’s second largest biome lost 14,185 square kilometers of native vegetation, or 6,777 km2 in the first year and 7,408 km2 in the second....
by Cristina Amorim | 28/06/2018 | News
Rural producers in Mato Grosso who preserve the forest beyond what the law requires can get paid for it. This is the goal of CONSERV, a project aimed at financial compensation for farmers who have a surplus of native vegetation. The state of Mato Grosso has...
by Cristina Amorim | 25/06/2018 | News
Deforestation has touched Amazon indigenous lands and it threats the ecosystem services they provide, such as balanced climate and rainfall patterns. To better follow this trend, you can use the Indigenous Climate Alert app, developed by IPAM with Google (available...
