20 anos na Estação de Pesquisa Tanguro
Há duas décadas, a estação fica no extremo sul da floresta amazônica como um laboratório natural perfeito para estudar as mudanças no bioma. Confira a reportagem de Sarah Ruiz sobre o centro de pesquisa.
Há duas décadas, a estação fica no extremo sul da floresta amazônica como um laboratório natural perfeito para estudar as mudanças no bioma. Confira a reportagem de Sarah Ruiz sobre o centro de pesquisa.
In early August 2016 the environmental license to build the largest of these dams, the São Luiz do Tapajos, was denied. In addition to future expansion of hydropower throughout the Amazon, 43 dams are still planned for the Tapajos River Basin.
Pasture intensification is necessary to meet Mato Grosso’s COP21 PCI 2030 production targets, and minimize its GHG emissions. Authors: Nini Gu, Jonas Inkotte
Understanding the effects of roads on land use change in the Brazilian Amazon is crucial in developing policies to combat forest destruction. Here we examine one relevant case study: the proposal to pave BR-319. Specifically, we analyze land within 50 km on either...
Indigenous Lands (ILs) in the Brazilian Amazon effectively inhibit deforestation (1, 2, 3), preserving cultural and natural resources, as well as ecosystem services. Combined with protected areas (PAs), IL creation is largely responsible for Brazil’s successful...
The Amazon region has historically had a chaotic land tenure situation. Illegal occupations and land conflicts have been common in many areas where the delineation of lands and legitimization of property rights are difficult.