by Sara Leal | 10/03/2025 | News
by Karina Custódio* Forests frequently affected by fire and drought lose their ability to remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it in the soil, according to a new study by IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute), published today (10/03) in the scientific...
by Bibiana Garrido | 24/01/2025 | News
The documentary Manaus Extrema, produced by IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute), will be screened for the first time at the Proteja Talks event, taking place on November 25 in Manaus, at the Bosque da Ciência. Filmed in 2023, the production highlights the...
by Bibiana Garrido | 30/11/2024 | News
By Bibiana Alcântara Garrido* Datavis: Karina Custódio** A technical note published by IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute) on Friday, 26, shows that there are 80,180 mining sites in the Brazilian Amazon in a 241,000 ha area – more than twice the size...
by Marcelo de Sales Freitas | 17/09/2024 | News
*Climate Observatory The fires that burned 2.4 million hectares in the Amazon between June and August 2024 emitted 31.5 million tons of CO2 equivalent. That’s almost what Norway emits per year (32.5 million tons of CO2 equivalent). Compared to the same period in...
by Camila Santana | 13/09/2024 | News
What is the price of climate damage caused by illegal deforestation? Seeking strategic solutions to improve climate repair, ABRAMPA (Brazilian Association of Members of the Public Prosecutor’s Office for the Environment) and IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research...
by Bibiana Garrido | 12/09/2024 | News
By Bibiana Alcântara Garrido* The area of forest burned in the Amazon grew by 132% in August this year compared to the same month last year. This type of native vegetation, which once represented 12% of the biome’s burnt area in August 2019, now accounts for 34%...
