Carbon is like other forest export products: when they become profitable, they attract competition. To stay ahead, Amazonian states need to diversify their productive base and continue investing to identify nascent opportunities.
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Your vote is the most important action against the climate crisis
The 2022 elections will be key if we want a Brazil that values life, sustainability, and the proper management of the climate crisis in the years to come.
Posted inOpinion / Opinion
‘FRUTUROS tempos amazônicos’ exhibition reveals the Amazon of yesterday, today and tomorrow
On display at the Museum do Amanhã, in Rio de Janeiro, the exhibition presents the complexity of this unique ecosystem that covers 60% of the brazilian territory, but is still unknown to many.
Posted inOpinion / Opinion
Implementation of the Brazilian Forest Code: What does it mean for the Amazon?
Amazon states have made good progress in the implementation of laws for protecting forests in private areas, but important challenges remain.
Posted inGood Initiatives / Good Initiatives
Forest crafts reach all of Brazil via e-commerce
The Jirau Project brings together indigenous and riverside people from Amazonas in the production of sustainable crafts and products with wood, vines, peels, and fruits that are sold throughout the country.
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How money laundering, livestock, and land grabbing feed corruption in the Amazon
Studies show how corruption occurs in the forest, from land grabbing and land theft, and how it is considered a good deal because of impunity. In the case of the gold trade, the law itself favors laundering.
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A mess of seeds has been transforming the Xingu
The Xingu Seed Network is one of the most successful movements to restore native vegetation in the Amazon and other biomes. Their method: to unite people to collect native seeds and sow them in degraded lands.
Posted inOpinion / Opinion
The Christmas combo of destruction: steal land and get a license to deforest
Pressure is mounting for a vote in the last weeks of 2021 on bills that weaken environmental licensing rules and legalize land grabbing.
Posted inStories / Stories
Hunting, deforestation, and fire threaten jaguars in the world’s largest rainforest
The Federal Prosecutor’s Office wants harsher penalties for a gang that killed big cats in the state of Acre. No one has been arrested. In the Amazon, human action kills or displaces about 350 jaguars every year.