IPAM’s executive director discusses the connection between farming and forestry at an event in Germany

by Lucas Itaborahy | 22/04/2025 | News

By Lucas Guaraldo* André Guimarães, executive director of IPAM (Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia) is taking part this Thursday, April 24, in “GLF FORESTS 2025: Defining the next decade of action”, an event organized by the Global Landscape Forum...

IPAM researcher awarded for impact on environmental science

by Lucas Itaborahy | 15/04/2025 | News

By Lucas Guaraldo* Ecologist Julia Shimbo, a researcher at IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute) and scientific coordinator of the MapBiomas Network, was one of the winners of the Social Impact category at Brazil Conference 2025. The award recognizes her work...

Paying for climate adaptation is cheaper than ignoring it, warns policy brief

by Lucas Itaborahy | 10/04/2025 | News

By Lucas Guaraldo* Protecting and adapting Amazonian peoples and communities vulnerable to climate change, although costly, is the most economical way to avoid environmental collapse and protect Brazil from even greater losses due to the climate crisis, warns a policy...

First Artisanal Chocolate Seal is issued in Pará to a family enterprise

by Lucas Itaborahy | 31/03/2025 | News

By Lucas Guaraldo* Cacau Xingu chocolate, from Brasil Novo (PA), produced in an agro-ecological and sustainable system, was the first to be granted artisan registration by Adepará (Pará State Agricultural Defense Agency). The chocolate factory received support from...

Protected areas in the Amazon are a refuge for jaguars in an increasingly degraded biome

by Lucas Itaborahy | 13/03/2025 | News

By Lucas Guaraldo* Protected areas in the international Amazon concentrate jaguar populations and act as a shield for the species in the Arc of Deforestation. In a new article, published in the March issue of the scientific journal Biological Conservation, researchers...