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 Bibiana Garrido | 29/08/2024 | Opinion
In a statement, IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute) endorses the request for emergency aid issued by the Raoni Institute and the Capoto/Jarinã Cultural Association to control the fires on the Capoto/Jarina Indigenous Land in Mato Grosso. We also stand in...
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...
by Bibiana Garrido | 05/08/2024 | News
By Bibiana Alcântara Garrido* André Guimarães, executive director of IPAM (Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia), contested the idea that adopting a time frame for indigenous lands would ‘pacify’ the debate in the country, in a statement released on...
by Bibiana Garrido | 18/01/2024 | News
By Bibiana Alcântara Garrido* Leaders from 62 indigenous peoples of the Brazilian Amazon, representing the nine states of the region, took part in the “Course on Climate Change, Carbon and REDD+ in the Indigenous Amazon” and are now multipliers of the...
