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Pará couple follows family tradition by combining agriculture and conservation
Vanessa Moreira and Alessandro Tenório bet on the agroforestry system to produce efficiently, profitably and sustainably.
Farmers in the Amazonian State of Mato Grosso may be paid to not deforest
This is the goal of CONSERV, a project aimed at financial compensation for rural producers who have a surplus of native vegetation according to the Brazilian Forest Code.
Indigenous lands at jeopardy – and the information is on your hands
The deforestation has touched Amazon indigenous lands and it threats the ecosystem services they provide. To follow this trend, you can use the Indigenous Climate Alert app.
Amazon deforestation, the country of Norway, and our shared heritage
The rise in deforestation shows that, despite the political party or inclination of the presidency, this is a challenge that needs to be tackled and addressed as a priority.
Brazilian soccer competition plants deedlings in the Amazon
The Green Cup is a soccer championship played by 18 teams from the North and Midwest regions of Brazil and the state of Espírito Santo.
Trees in tropical rainforests are dying faster
The reasons are the increase in temperature, droughts, stronger winds, more extensive fires, more vines, and the abundance of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
An area in the Amazon, twice the Germany, is at the mercy of deforestation
These 70 million hectares store 25 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2), equivalent to the sum of the Brazilian emission of greenhouse gases for 4 years.