A warning: human activity causing the Amazon’s waters to dry up
Studies conducted by WWF-Brazil in partnership with Imazon and NASA reveal that the conversion of native vegetation and indiscriminate construction of infrastructure are affecting the water resources of the planet’s largest tropical forest By WWF-Brazil Using information from NASA Photo: Márcio Nagano When thinking about the Amazon, the first thing that usually comes to mind Leia mais...
Understanding the Imazon monitoring system
What is SAD? The Deforestation Alert System is a tool for monitoring the Amazon based on satellite images, developed by Imazon in 2008, to provide monthly reports on the rate of deforestation and forest degradation in the region. Deforestation consists of total conversion of the soil for another land cover and use, while degradation is Leia mais...
Arresting Tropical Deforestation: Complementary Approaches in the Amazon
Arresting Tropical Deforestation: Complementary Approaches in the Amazon In addition to moving from an economy powered predominantly by fossil fuels to one powered by clean energy, an important piece of the climate change mitigation puzzle is arresting deforestation. Some estimates put the total contribution to climate mitigation of stopping deforestation and continuing reforestation as Leia mais...
Brazilian environmentalists urge the Congress to reject Amazon deforestation new bill
A group of environmental organizations released a joint technical note about the impacts of the new proposal that aims to reduce protection of the Jamanxim National Forest. The measure will benefit land grabbers and may double deforestation in the region. Only a few weeks after signing the veto to the proposal (Provisional Measure – Leia mais...
Duke University share report about Imazon’s innovation
The Scaling Pathways case studies series will include the Scaling Pathways paper, exploring the cross cutting lessons learned and trends we have found studying the social enterprises and their pathways to scale. Check Imazon’s case at https://scalingpathways.globalinnovationexchange.org/innovations/imazon-open-source-data-and-partnerships-save-amazon Leia mais...
Help Brazil Preserve the Amazon
By Beto Veríssimo and Paulo Barreto The next U.S. president could help prevent further deforestation by building on past collaboration with Brazil. In the new issue of Americas Quarterly, we asked people, “What would you tell the next U.S. president about Latin America?” To see other authors’ responses, click here. Dear Mister / Madam President, Last June, Leia mais...
Reseacher Paulo Barreto participates in panel at the annual World Bank Land and Poverty Conference
Session: Shifting towards Sustainable Production systems for Beef and Oil Palm Thursday, 17/Mar/2016 1:00pm – 2:30pm (Local time) Main Achievements and Challenges faced by Public and Private Actors towards Sustainability (Paulo Barreto – Imazon) Background Private sector actors are making significant efforts to green their supply chains, while at the same time ensuring they Leia mais...
Imazon at COP-21
COP-21, the United Nations Climate Change Conference began this Monday (November 30), bringing together heads of state from around the world with the objective of putting together a new agreement between countries to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, decreasing global warming and thus limiting the increase in global temperature to 2ºC by 2100. COP-21 Leia mais...