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...
by Cristina Amorim | 01/06/2018 | News
Last week’s announcement by the Norwegian government that it would cut off some of the resources it donates to the Amazon Fund did not catch the environmental sector by surprise. Those who follow the Amazon deforestation fluctuations know that, since the value...
by Cristina Amorim | 01/06/2018 | News
Yesterday, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) promoted the planting of 1.6 thousand seedlings, in Anapu (state of Pará), to offset the carbon emissions counted by the Green Cup in 2017. A partnership between CBF, Brazil’s Ministry of the Environment, the...
by Cristina Amorim | 01/06/2018 | News
Cristina Amorim, IPAM As if deforestation wasn’t bad enough, a series of other threats kills, at an ever-increasing pace, the trees of the Amazon and other rainforests on Earth. An expert review of scientific articles, which included Brazilian researcher Paulo...
