by Karina Sousa | 21/03/2025 | IPAM Women, News
In the almost 30-year history of IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute), Lucimar Souza has worked for 26 of them supporting sustainable rural development in the biome. Daughter of farmers, the Institute’s Director of Territorial Development has...
by Karina Sousa | 21/03/2025 | News
Karina Custódio* Adaptation and climate mitigation were the main themes of the meeting between indigenous leaders in Belém, which plans strategies for the actions of indigenous peoples at COP30. For three days (March 19-21), 28 indigenous representatives from the five...
by Bibiana Garrido | 21/03/2025 | News
By Bibiana Alcântara Garrido* The Cerrado has lost natural water in 91% of its watersheds over the last four decades. The figure takes into account the mapped water surface area, measured in hectares. Last year, the surface area of natural water in the basins...
by Mariana Guths | 20/03/2025 | News
Bringing together traditional quilombola ecological knowledge and modern science, the Amazonian BioTechQuilombo project – Amazonian Biodiversity, Technological Assessment and Knowledge Exchange with Quilombos was launched this week to monitor biodiversity in...
by Bibiana Garrido | 13/03/2025 | News
By Bibiana Alcântara Garrido* The Interstate Consortium for the Sustainable Development of the Legal Amazon launched its strategy for COP30 on Wednesday (12) in Brasilia, at a closed event with governors, authorities and partners. In attendance was IPAM (Amazon...
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...
by Lucas Itaborahy | 12/03/2025 | Opinion
The installation of a new thermoelectric plant in the Federal District, just 35 kilometers from the National Congress, represents a step backwards by opting for the most polluting form of energy generation, says IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute). The...
by Sara Leal | 10/03/2025 | News
by Karina Custódio* Forests frequently affected by fire and drought lose their ability to remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it in the soil, according to a new study by IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute), published today (10/03) in the scientific...
by Sara Leal | 10/03/2025 | One and a Half Degrees
By Sara Leal* In an interview with Um Grau e Meio, Débora Fiametti, president of COOPERSAF (Cooperativa Solidária da Agricultura Familiar), talks about the role of women in the Rede Sementes Portal da Amazônia, in Mato Grosso. Sign up for IPAM’s free newsletter...
