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Young people from 18 communities present climate adaptation plans
Indigenous, quilombola and extractivist students have built local strategies to tackle climate change through IPAM's Youth for Climate initiative.
Any solution to global climate change has to include keeping the Amazon forest standing
In a special session of Amazoniar, Paulo Moutinho, senior researcher of IPAM, said 100 bi tons of carbon could be released into the atmosphere if we lose the Amazon forest.
“If I did not speak portuguese, perhaps I would not be alive today.”
During the new cycle of Amazoniar, the artist Denilson Baniwa joined the communicator Alana Manchineri to break stereotypes about indigenous peoples.
IPAM Launches Photo Contest Amazoniar
The initiative is part of the Amazoniar project and submissions are accepted until October 24th, 2021; check out the rules and learn how to participate.
Third cycle of the Amazoniar highlights indigenous knowledge and culture
‘Culture and art of the Amazon indigenous peoples as a form of resistance’ is the theme of the new cycle of the project. Register now!
Fire has already impacted 95% of the Amazon species, shows study
Forest fires affected almost every known species of plants and vertebrate animals in the biome; about 190,000 km² of the Amazon burned between 2001 and 2019.
Deforestation fire continues to threaten the Amazon and challenge combat
Scientific expedition went through three biomes in the brazilian state of Mato Grosso; in the city of Apiacás, the team followed firefighters combating fire in razed forest areas.