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.
Amazon
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National satellite-based humid tropical forest change assessment in Peru in support of REDD+ implementation
Transparent, consistent, and accurate national forest monitoring is required for successful implementation of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) programs. Collecting baseline
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The extreme 2014 flood in south-western Amazon basin: the role of tropical-subtropical South Atlantic SST gradient
Unprecedented wet conditions are reported in the 2014 summer (December–March) in South-western Amazon, with rainfall about 100% above normal. Discharge in the Madeira River (the main southern Amazon tributary)
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Deforestation dropped 18% in Brazil's Amazon over past 12 months
Deforestation in the Amazon rain forest dropped 18% over the past 12 months, falling to the second-lowest level in a quarter century, Brazil’s environment minister said on Wednesday. Izabella Teixeira
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Brazil soy moratorium extended to protect Amazon forest
Brazil extended on Tuesday a moratorium on buying soy grown in illegally cleared land in the Amazon rainforest as the government tries to protect the region, Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira said.
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Local activists are paying with their life to protect their forests in Peru
The Peruvian environmental activist had appealed to his government for help after receiving death threats from the illegal loggers that plagued the area around his village, deep in the Amazon rainforest.
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Illegal loggers remain hidden in Peru’s forest but timber finds global buyers
Javier Gomez sucks the last morsels of meat from the leg bone of an agouti, a large Amazonian rodent, his creased face belying his 44 years. ‘We’re just happy to have the work,” he shrugs wearily. “Here
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Brazil's Rainforests Releasing More Carbon Than Previously Estimated
As deforestation continues in tropical rainforests, more and more carbon is being released. Now, scientists have found that far more common has been lost than previously thought, which could affect models
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Solid-phase phosphorus speciation in Saharan Bodélé Depression dusts and source sediments
Phosphorus (P) is one of the most important limiting nutrients for the growth of oceanic phytoplankton and terrestrial ecosystems, which in turn contributes to CO2 sequestration. The solid-phase speciation
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Brazil Minister: Time to 'Cut the Crap' in Climate Talks
With the United Nations Climate Summit underway in New York, Brazil's environment minister suggested world leaders take a page from the famously blunt locals. "This is New York, so cut the crap," Izabella
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UN climate summit pledges to halt the loss of natural forests by 2030
The Nature Climate Change journal has reported that Indonesia lost 840,000 hectares of natural forest in 2012 compared to 460,000 hectares in Brazil despite their forest being a quarter of the size of