by Sara Leal | 24/06/2021 | News
To achieve sustainable, inclusive, socio-environmental, and economically prosperous development in the Amazon, it is essential not only to recognize and respect the rights of native peoples, but also the traditional knowledge they hold. For this reason, Amazoniar will...
by Sara Leal | 14/06/2021 | News
Between respect for the elements of the forest and the abundance it offers, indigenous peoples cultivate a different relationship with the environment, in which the conservation of what is alive is a fundamental element. This will be the central theme of the next...
by Sara Leal | 28/05/2021 | Amazoniar (EN), News
Lays Ushirobira* The IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute) will start showing next Wednesday (June 2nd), 1 pm UTC-4 (EDS, East USA) / 7 pm UTC+1 (Central Europe), the second cycle of Amazoniar. The project emerged as a channel for global dialogue to discuss...
by Cristina Amorim | 02/05/2021 | News
A new study by IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute) shows that the invasion of undesignated public forests drives illegal deforestation and fires in the Brazilian Amazon. In the first quarter of 2021, a third of the deforestation registered in the region...
by Cristina Amorim | 12/04/2021 | News
A scientific paper published today in the journal “Frontiers” shows that the Brazilian Ministry of Health has recorded, on average, 103% fewer deaths and 14% fewer cases of infection among Indigenous peoples in the Amazon than the independent survey by the...
by Cristina Amorim | 02/04/2021 | News
A new study released by IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute) shows that the area unlawfully registered as private rural property within Indigenous lands (ILs) in the Amazon rose 55% between 2016 and 2020. The number of Rural Environmental Registries (CAR),...
by Sara Leal | 25/03/2021 | News
By Sara R. Leal¹ The Amazon Observatory on Trade and Environment (OCAA) displays on Thursday, April 1st, from 8pm to 9:30pm (UTC+1 Central Europe), the second broadcast of the “OCAA Webinars” series: “Trade and Sustainable Development in the Mercosur-EU...
by Cristina Amorim | 19/03/2021 | News
Together, Brazil’s ten highest-ranking greenhouse gas (GHG) municipalities emit 172 million gross tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e). This is more than entire countries such as Peru, Belgium or the Philippines. And seven of these major emitters are in the...
by Cristina Amorim | 17/12/2020 | News
Deforestation in non-reserved public forests of the Amazon grew 50% during the last two years compared to the previous five years: from 112.8 thousand hectares deforested, on average from 2014 to 2018, the area felled there grew to 215.6 thousand ha in 2019 and 226.5...
