“Our imagination of the Amazon is based on records made by European travelers who couldn’t read the forest”

by Lucas Itaborahy | 20/10/2025 | News, One and a Half Degrees

By Lucas Guaraldo* Bruna Rocha, archaeologist and professor at UFOPA (Federal University of Western Pará) in Santarém, highlights the role of archaeological studies in the Amazon and what the history of the forest reveals about current environmental challenges. The...

“Education and awareness are key elements in curbing eco-anxiety”

by Maria Garcia | 22/09/2025 | News, One and a Half Degrees

Maria Garcia Patrícia Silvestri is a psychologist with a master’s and doctorate in clinical psychology. She treats refugees from the perspective of Attachment to Place in a transitional environment and in the light of Environmental Psychology. She details...

ParáCiclo unites sustainable mobility and social inclusion in the Amazon

by Suellen Nunes | 25/08/2025 | News, One and a Half Degrees

Suellen Nunes* Heavy traffic, a lack of bike lanes and the social and environmental challenges of the Amazon inspired a group of friends from Belém and Ananindeua, in Pará, to create an initiative that brings together sustainable mobility, climate justice and...

“It’s one thing to see a graph indicating a trend; it’s another to see it on the field.”

by Sara Leal | 25/08/2025 | News, One and a Half Degrees, TransCerrado

25By Sara Leal* Forestry Engineer and Technological Innovation Coordinator at IPAM, he works in the areas of Geoprocessing and Remote Sensing as a specialist programmer for the production of maps related to human intervention in land cover. He talks to Um Grau e Meio...

Brazil’s first indigenous presenter uses her voice to cover conflicts against ancestral peoples

by Maria Garcia | 14/07/2025 | News, One and a Half Degrees

At the age of 28, Luciane Kaxinawá has already marked the history of Brazilian journalism by becoming the country’s first indigenous presenter. A member of the Kaxinawá people, she has built up a career working for media outlets such asVogue Brasil,CNN, Amazônia...

“CONSERV seeks to bring together apparently antagonistic visions for a common goal”

by Sara Leal | 14/07/2025 | News, One and a Half Degrees

Sara Leal* The new edition of the newsletter Um Grau e Meio (One and a Half Degrees) talks about financial incentives that value forests on private property in order to meet the challenges of climate change. To this end, it presents CONSERV, a mechanism that pays...