Activity Report 2024

Letter from the Executive Board

Thirty-five years ago, the Amazon Institute of People and the Environment (Imazon) was founded in response to concerns that still resonate today: how to protect the Amazon and secure a fair and sustainable future for its inhabitants? Over these decades, while seeking solutions to this concern, we have overcome challenges, generated data, and proposed solid paths forward.

In 2024, Imazon maintained its commitment to promoting the conservation and sustainable use of the Amazon rainforest, guided by science, transparency, and action.

In a year of intense climate and social crises, we further strengthened our role as a benchmark in knowledge production, social engagement, and the development of effective solutions to the main challenges facing the Amazon.

With the support of cutting-edge technologies such as satellite imagery and artificial intelligence, we intensified the monitoring of forest degradation and made progress in mapping out roads that have a direct impact on containing deforestation while while raising awareness among society and public managers about the risks of devastation and extreme drought.

Through our Deforestation Alert System (SAD), we recorded a 7% reduction in Amazon deforestation between January and December 2024 compared to the same period in 2023. 

Out in the field, our work continued to stand out and strengthen Imazon’s institutional commitment to Amazonian sustainability. We promoted ecological reclmation actions in vulnerable territories and supported the socio-environmental management of several municipalities in the region. Radar Verde, our beef chain transparency index, continued to highlight structural bottlenecks that require immediate action and collaboration between the public and private sectors and civil society, with a view to enabling sustainable production capable of generating jobs and opportunities.

We also promoted bioeconomy through solid proposals developed under the ‘Amazon 2030’ project, and launched the Social Progress Index (IPS) for the entire country, the ‘IPS Brasil’, the largest application of the index in the world in terms of the number of territories analyzed (5,570 municipalities).

Actions that were not restricted to institutional boundaries. The outreach of our communications has grown, reaching 100,000 followers on social media and active participation in national and international media, reiterating the relevance of the data and proposals shared by our teams.

As we celebrate another cycle of achievements, we continue to underline that when we conduct science committed to the reality of the Amazon, it is possible to reverse the damage and build an Amazon that is deforestation-free, economically vibrant, and socially equitable.

With gratitude for each partnership and each step taken along this journey, we invite you to join us. Come and learn about our history. May it be an inspiration for new generations. May this reading renew your commitment to protecting the Amazon—our greatest asset, which is also hope for the future of Brazil and the world.

Ritaumaria Pereira
Chief Executive Officer

Verônica Oki
Managing Director

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