IPAM and the World Bank create model that predicts deforestation in the Amazon

by Lucas Itaborahy | 30/04/2024 | News

By Lucas Guaraldo* Researchers from IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute) have created, in partnership with the World Bank, a platform where it is possible to predict the risk of deforestation and estimate future deforested areas in the states of the Legal...

81% of deforestation in the Cerrado was concentrated in five river basins

by Lucas Itaborahy | 22/03/2024 | News

By Lucas Guaraldo* In 2023, 81% of deforestation in the Cerrado was concentrated in the regions supplied by the Upper Tocantins, Middle São Francisco, Upper Parnaíba, Itapecuru and Araguaia river basins, potentially raising the water risk of 373 municipalities in the...

Sustainable Parliamentary Turn has impacted 88 proposals in Congress

by Lucas Itaborahy | 20/03/2024 | News

By Lucas Guaraldo* Last Wednesday, March 13, was the closing ceremony of the first Virada Parlamentar Sustentável (Sustainable Parliamentary Turn), created to promote debate and involve congressmen in the most current debates on the environmental agenda. In all, 37...

Critical areas for biodiversity are still outside protected areas

by Lucas Itaborahy | 07/03/2024 | News

By Lucas Guaraldo* A map developed by researchers from IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute) with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands shows that critical areas for biodiversity’s protection in the Legal Amazon are still outside...

Allocation of public areas is key to curbing deforestation and land grabbing

by Lucas Itaborahy | 21/02/2024 | News

By Lucas Guaraldo* In a meeting with Minister Marina Silva and officials from the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change and the Brazilian Ministry of Agrarian Development, local leaders presented material with the demands and experiences of...