by Bibiana Garrido | 16/04/2025 | News
By Bibiana Alcântara Garrido* In a planet overheated by the burning of fossil fuels, alternatives to oil capital can benefit regional development without further increasing carbon emissions that aggravate climate change. In this context, researchers propose a way out...
by Lucas Itaborahy | 15/04/2025 | News
By Lucas Guaraldo* Ecologist Julia Shimbo, a researcher at IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute) and scientific coordinator of the MapBiomas Network, was one of the winners of the Social Impact category at Brazil Conference 2025. The award recognizes her work...
by Karina Sousa | 11/04/2025 | News
Bringing together indigenous peoples from all over Brazil, the 21st ATL (Free Land Camp) draws attention to the role of indigenous peoples in forest conservation and climate change mitigation. IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute) was present at the event,...
by Lucas Itaborahy | 10/04/2025 | News
By Lucas Guaraldo* Protecting and adapting Amazonian peoples and communities vulnerable to climate change, although costly, is the most economical way to avoid environmental collapse and protect Brazil from even greater losses due to the climate crisis, warns a policy...
by Karina Sousa | 09/04/2025 | News
To support the recovery of degraded areas with the introduction of SAFs (Agroforestry Systems), IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute) has begun delivering brushcutters and PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) to extractivist families in Amapá. The 35...
by Karina Sousa | 08/04/2025 | News, Tanguro (PT)
Karina Custódio* Monocultures subjected to unsustainable practices store less carbon in the soil than forests that are burned periodically. This is what research published in the scientific journal Catena shows, in collaboration with researchers from IPAM (Amazon...
by Karina Sousa | 07/04/2025 | News, One and a Half Degrees
Karina Custódio* The creator of three albums, four indigenous festivals and a soccer championship, Haru Kuntanawa is the world leader of his people and presents himself first and foremost as a survivor. He recalls that his people, native to the border between Brazil...
by Bibiana Garrido | 07/04/2025 | News, One and a Half Degrees
The new edition of the newsletter Um Grau e Meio (1.5 degrees Celsius) talks about the forest carbon market and the maintenance of forests in the midst of the climate finance debate. In an interview, IPAM Public Policy Director Gabriela Savian explains how REDD+ works...
by Bibiana Garrido | 03/04/2025 | News
Brazil is polarizing the debate on oil exploration in the mouth of the Amazon and is missing the opportunity to lead by example by switching from fossil fuels, which aggravate climate change, to biofuels. The assessment was made by André Guimarães, executive director...
