by Cristina Amorim | 11/12/2019
Map with land tanure distribution in the Legal Amazon – protected areas, private properties, undesignated public lands, rural settlements – based in 2018 data.
by Cristina Amorim | 11/12/2019
Those maps provide information about the Amazon, political definitions and deforestation for each kind of land tanure, based in 2019 data.
by Cristina Amorim | 10/09/2019
The Brazilian Amazon is still on fire. The 2019 burning season, which captured the attention of Brazil and the world in recent weeks, is not over yet. Government action at the federal and state levels in the fight against wildfires is still essential, just as it is...
by Cristina Amorim | 22/08/2019
Fire is a well-known element in rural Brazil. It is a commonly used tool to get rid of fallen forests and to manage pastures and other types of land use These fires frequently escape from open fields into primary tropical forests and can ignite catastrophic wildfires...
by Cristina Amorim | 06/05/2019
Globally, many companies have committed to removing deforestation from their supply chains by 2020, but they are struggling to find effective solutions to meet these goals. More and more emphasis is being placed on the jurisdictional approach as a potential means to...
by Cristina Amorim | 08/02/2019
Widespread degradation of tropical forests is caused by a variety of disturbances that interact in ways that are not well understood. To explore potential synergies between edge effects, fire and windstorm damage as causes of Amazonian forest degradation, we...
by Cristina Amorim | 10/12/2018
This map shows the Amazon according the land tenure: private and public areas (protected areas, indigenous lands, undesignated areas, and rural settlements).
by Cristina Amorim | 10/12/2018
There are 65 million hectares of undesignated areas in the Legal Amazon. Their current status increases their vulnerability to land grabbing and illegal timber extraction. It is urgent to destinate those lands to protection.
by Cristina Amorim | 10/12/2018
Implementing the jurisdictional approach for sustainable production in Mato Grosso and Pará. Developed by Environment Defense Fund (EDF), Instituto Centro de Vida (ICV), Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia (IPAM), Instituto Socioambiental (ISA) and Imazon....
