by Bibiana Garrido | 11/11/2021 | News
A study published in the scientific journal Nature Climate Change this Thursday, 11, endorses the urgency of issues discussed at the biggest climate event in the world, the COP26, and points to the climatic limit of agriculture in Brazil. Scientists from Brazil and...
by Sara Leal | 03/11/2021 | News
Forest wildfires in the Amazon have emitted up to 1,298 Tg of CO2 since 1990, equivalent to the mean annual emissions of Japan. Fire-degraded forests store 25% less carbon than undisturbed forests and may represent a carbon source for at least ten years – even if the...
by Sara Leal | 03/11/2021 | Amazoniar (EN), News
Lays Ushirobira* The jury of the first edition of IPAM’s photo contest Amazoniar – Elza Lima, Felipe Russo, José Sabino and Martha Fellows – selected the winners of the four categories: Earth Sciences, Cultural Heritage, Conservation and Biodiversity. They chose...
by Sara Leal | 01/11/2021 | News
The third series of debates of Amazoniar, under the theme “Culture and art of indigenous peoples as a form of resistance”, came to an end on Thursday (Oct 21st). During the last event, communicator Erisvan Guajajara and artist Daiara Tukano addressed a point that...
by Bibiana Garrido | 29/10/2021 | News
Brazilian society has an open space to debate the climate agenda at COP26 and the paths for the country to develop a low-carbon, inclusive and responsible economy: the Brazil Climate Action Hub. Located within the Conference, in the Blue Zone, it will have an...
by Bibiana Garrido | 29/10/2021 | News
Brazil’s greenhouse gases emissions in 2020 grew by 9.5%, while worldwide they dropped by almost 7% due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The increase in deforestation rates last year, especially in the Amazon, put Brazil on the wrong way and left it at a disadvantage in the...
