by Sara Leal | 14/09/2021 | Amazoniar (EN), News
Lays Ushirobira* The Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) launched today a photo contest, under the theme “Amazon for the Planet”. The initiative is part of the project Amazoniar, which started its third cycle of debates, focusing on “Culture and art...
by Sara Leal | 08/09/2021 | Amazoniar (EN), News
Lays Ushirobira* In September, the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) will launch the third cycle of Amazoniar, a project that aims to promote a global dialogue on the Amazon forest and its influence on relations between Brazil and the world. There will be...
by Bibiana Garrido | 01/09/2021 | News
Fires in the Amazon, caused by human action, may have affected 95.5% of all known species of plants and vertebrate animals in the biome, reveals a study published by Nature this Wednesday. The research presents evidence on how forest fires affect the biome that holds...
by Bibiana Garrido | 14/08/2021 | News
A group of researchers from IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute) and the Woodwell Climate Research Center, from the United States, ended this Friday (13) a field expedition that went through the three biomes in the state of Mato Grosso to improve the use of...
by Bibiana Garrido | 10/08/2021 | News
A large-scale Pantanal fire that started this weekend in the state of Mato Grosso doubled in size this Monday (9). According to researchers from IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute) and Woodwell Climate Research Center, the estimated burned area of native...
by Bibiana Garrido | 09/08/2021 | News
A large-scale fire burned areas of Pantanal in the state of Mato Grosso this weekend. Nearly one thousand hectares of native vegetation and pasture lands burned in the span of only two days. This active fire started Saturday and is still not under control after two...
by Bibiana Garrido | 07/08/2021 | News
Taking part in a field expedition, researchers from IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute) and the Woodwell Climate Research Institute, from the United States, visited this Friday (6) family farms affected by a forest fire in the city of Aguaçu in the state of...
by Cristina Amorim | 06/08/2021 | Opinion
The month of July showed a 15% reduction in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon compared to the same month in 2020, according to data from the Deter system released today by INPE (National Institute for Space Research): until the 30th, 1,417 km² had been deforested...
by Cristina Amorim | 03/08/2021 | News, Sem categoria
Research published this week in a scientific journal shows the growing role of land grabbing in the worsening of deforestation and forest degradation rates, which leads to the emission of greenhouse gases. The invasion and deforestation of unallocated public forests...
