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%...
by Camila Santana | 02/09/2024 | News, One and a Half Degrees
By Camila Santana* Rebecca Maranhão is a researcher at IPAM (Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia) and is part of the team responsible for collecting data on FPNDs (Public Forests Not Destined) monitored by the Observatory of Public Forests. In an interview...
by Bibiana Garrido | 27/08/2024 | News
By Bibiana Alcântara Garrido* Of the 2,600 hotspots recorded in the state of São Paulo from August 22 to 24, 81.29% were concentrated in areas of agricultural use, such as those occupied by sugar cane and pasture, according to an analysis by IPAM (Amazon Environmental...
