Amazon municipalities could collect more taxes from rural landowners

22 de January de 2020

Pereira, R., Barreto, P., Baima, S. 2019. Municípios amazônicos poderiam arrecadar mais impostos de proprietários rurais (p. 88). Belém: Imazon.In this study we show that some mayors partially took advantage of the new rules and increased the collection of ITR in the Legal Amazon, following the trend of the rest of Brazil. The amount collected in the

Annual Report 2018

9 de January de 2020

The main results achieved by Imazon in 2018 are shown through big stories in this report. 2019. Imazon.Download

Stimulus for land grabbing and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

17 de June de 2019

Brito, B., Barreto, P., Brandão Jr, A., Baima, S., Gomes, P. H. Stimulus for land grabbing and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Enviromental Research Letters. Accepted Manuscript.Abstract: We assessed the impact on the Brazilian Amazon of a 2017 land law that reinforces a mechanism for acquiring land rights historically linked to deforestation, since land grabbers clear the

Our heritage endangered: why amazon’s conservation units are at risk

22 de April de 2019

From the micro to the macro level, the Amazon rainforest is grand. It houses the greatest biodiversity on Earth. Its plants contain substances used to fight diseases, such as Uncaria tomentosa, which is used against inflammatory processes. They are also used in the cosmetic industry, like the copaíba balm, a scent fixative. Apart from that, the Amazon offers countless other services to the environment. It acts upon rain

Social progress index in the Brazilian Amazon: IPS Amazônia 2018

25 de March de 2019

Santos, D., Mosaner, M., Celentano, D., Moura, R. & Veríssimo, A. Social progress index in the Brazilian Amazon: IPS Amazônia 2018 Belém, PA: Imazon; Social Progress Imperative, 2018. The Social Progress Index – SPI (Índice de Progresso Social – SPI in Portuguese) in a holistic manner measures the social and environmental progress of territories (countries,

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Long-Term Annual Surface Water Change in the Brazilian Amazon Biome: Potential Links with Deforestation, Infrastructure Development and Climate Change

22 de March de 2019

Souza Jr, C., Kirchhoff, F. Oliveira, B. Ribeiro, J. Sales, M. Long-Term Annual Surface Water Change in the Brazilian Amazon Biome: Potential Links with Deforestation, Infrastructure Development and Climate Change. Water, Volume 11, Issue 3, 2019. The Brazilian Amazon is one of the areas on the planet with the fastest changes in forest cover due

Annual Report 2017

26 de September de 2018

The main results achieved by Imazon in 2017 are shown through big stories in this report. 2018. Imazon.

Potential for Revenue Collection with Land Tenure Regularization in Pará

17 de July de 2018

Cardoso, D., Brito, B., Baima, S. & Siqueira, J. 2018. The state of the Amazon: Potential for Revenue Collection with Land Tenure Regularization in Pará (p. 14). Belém: Imazon.

SEEG initiative estimates of Brazilian greenhouse gas emissions from 1970 to 2015

4 de June de 2018

Azevedo, T., Junior, C., Brandão, A. et al. 2018. SEEG initiative estimates of Brazilian greenhouse gas emissions from 1970 to 2015. 43 p.

A Pathway to Zero Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

13 de November de 2017

Greenpeace, Imaflora, Imazon, Instituto Centro de Vida, Instituto Socioambiental, IPAM, The Nature Conservancy, WWF. 2017.

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