Carbon and the fate of the Amazon
This publication shows that carbon prices exceeding US$ 20 per ton of CO2 captured by the natural regeneration of deforested areas in the Amazon would be truly transformative for the region’s landscape.
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Peru’s first autonomous indigenous gov’t strikes back against deforestation
The Wampis is an indigenous group comprised of thousands of members whose ancestors have lived in the Amazon rainforest of northern Peru for centuries. Mounting incursions by loggers, miners and
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‘Brazil minister says he will shrink, not replace environmental agency
Brazil intends to reduce the size of its environmental policymaking body but does not plan to have it report to a new council controlled by President Jair Bolsonaro as his aides proposed last year, a government
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Rainforest conservation in Peru must become more effective
A few years ago, the Peruvian government launched a program to protect the rainforest. However, an analysis by the Center for Development Research (ZEF) at the University of Bonn shows that its effect
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Brazil eyes new Amazon dam in Roraima amid Venezuela crisis
Brazil’s government has resumed studies to build a large hydroelectric power plant in the northern border state Roraima, which currently relies on the shaky Venezuelan grid, officials at state energy planning
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Brazil fails to give adequate public access to Amazon land title data, study finds
Brazil possesses vast tracts of public lands, especially in the Amazon, which exist in the public domain. Traditional peoples, landless movements, quilombolas (communities established more than a century
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Large-scale reforestation: starting with public lands in the Brazilian Amazon
Although promoting large-scale reforestation is no easy task, Brazil is uniquely positioned to reap substantial gains from undertaking this endeavor. Internally, it stands to benefit from addressing a
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Changes in surface hydrology, soil moisture and gross primary production in the Amazon during the 2015/2016 El Niño
<p>The 2015/2016 El Niño event caused severe changes in precipitation across the tropics. This impacted surface hydrology, such as river run-off and soil moisture availability, thereby<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Amazon_El-Nino.pdf"
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Land hoarding: what Colombia’s new administration has inherited
Some people say that the best way to forget something is through distance, and that is one of the arguments being repeated by the experts consulted for this story. It is part of their attempt to explain
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Illegal fishing, harm to Amazon forest linked to tax havens: study
Scientists called on Monday for greater transparency over the use of tax havens by companies involved in activities that have harmed the world’s oceans and the Amazon rainforest. In a study published
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Brazil cuts deforestation emissions below 2020 targets
Brazil cut its greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation in 2017 to levels below its internationally agreed 2020 climate change targets, the country’s Environment Ministry said on Thursday. Brazil