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 | Note
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
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...
by Bibiana Garrido | 26/07/2021 | News
More than five thousand families belonging to traditional peoples and communities and small-scale farmers used ‘Tô no Mapa’ (I’m on the Map), an app which allows them to map their territories, which have not been recognized in official Brazilian maps, themselves. This...
by Sara Leal | 21/07/2021 | News
The whole world has been discussing proposals to save the Amazon, but the first step is about shifting to a narrative in which development is not based only on economic growth. “We are still forced to justify how to conserve the forest from the perspective of what...
by Sara Leal | 14/07/2021 | Amazoniar (EN), News
Lays Ushirobira* The next and last episode of the second cycle of Amazoniar will take place on July 15th at 2 pm (Brasilia Time). Moderated by Paulo Moutinho (Amazon Environmental Research Institute – IPAM) the event will feature Adriana Ramos (Instituto...
by Sara Leal | 06/07/2021 | News
At a time when everyone is being challenged to rethink our existence to “build back better” after the pandemic, the traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples has a lot to contribute — and this goes far beyond conserving forests. “We tend to think of indigenous...
