Fires in the Cerrado in 2024: a snapshot from January to September
The Cerrado biome is of extreme ecological and economic importance, playing a crucial role in water regulation (Sawyer et al. 2017), feeding the country's main river basins, and is the tropical savanna with the highest biodiversity in the world (Myers et al. 2000,...
COP24 Media Advisory Side Event: Brazil, a second Paris drop-off?
Specialists from academia and the third sector and the current Brazilian government will talk about Brazil’s key role in the global effort to mitigate carbon emissions and in brokering international climate talks. They will present the latest emissions and...
The Increase in Deforestation in the Amazon in 2013: a point off the curve or out of control?
With the objective of reflecting on the causes that led to this deforestation and stimulating a reaction by the Brazilian Public Sector, the Amazon Institute for Environmental Research (IPAM), the Socioenvironmental Institute (ISA) and the Institute of People and...
Reducing Emissions From Deforestation and Degradation: What Contribution from Carbon Markets?
Article published in Carbon Markets, discussing different possibilities to link carbon markets to the fight against deforestation.
Brazil pledges to make big cut in Amazon deforestation
Article published by The Financial Times in February 2008.