Pastures were the areas most affected by fires in Brazil in 2023

by Lucas Itaborahy | 06/02/2024 | News

Lucas Guaraldo* Pastureland was the area most affected by fires and burn-offs in 2023, accounting for 28% of the entire burned area in the year, according to the Fire Monitor, an initiative of the MapBiomas Fogo network in partnership with and coordinated by IPAM...

Vital for preservation, CAR areas record 75% of Cerrado deforestation

by Lucas Itaborahy | 30/01/2024 | News

Lucas Guaraldo* Rural properties with a CAR (Brazilian Rural Environmental Registry) accounted for 75% of all deforestation alerts detected in the Cerrado in 2023, a loss of 879,000 hectares of native vegetation. The data was released on Tuesday by SAD Cerrado...

In the Amazon, a Public Area the Size of Uruguay is Threatened by Land Grabbing

by Lucas Itaborahy | 14/09/2023 | News

By Lays Ushirobira Land grabbing, one of the main causes of deforestation in the Amazon, has been advancing by leaps and bounds in recent years and the main instrument used to illegally appropriate public land is the fraudulent use of the Rural Environmental Registry...

Land Grabbing, One of the Main Causes of Deforestation in Brazil

by Lucas Itaborahy | 03/08/2023 | Amazoniar (EN), News

Lays Ushirobira* Amazoniar – an initiative of IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute) to promote a global dialogue about the Amazon – launched this Thursday (08/03) a new series of videos, this time focusing on the main cause of deforestation in Brazil: land...

“It is difficult to imagine a future without changing the attitudes and policies for the Amazon”

by Lucas Itaborahy | 21/06/2022 | News

Electing representatives at every political level who understand the context of the Amazon and are committed to solutions to end deforestation and guarantee the rights of traditional communities means choosing a future for everyone in Brazil and the world. “The Amazon...