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05/04/2012

Brazil set to cut forest protection

News article published at Nature quotes Paulo Moutinho, Executive Director at IPAM, on the national hope on presidential veto to reduce harmful impact of weakened legislation.

04/27/2012

President Dilma is pressured to veto new Forest Code

“If there is no veto from the president, Brazil will lose credibility and the conquests that took the country to reduce deforestation”, said Paulo Moutinho to AFP

04/24/2012

How to turn something bad into something worse. Much worse

In an article published by Planeta Sustentável, André Lima and Tasso Azevedo analyze the impact of Congressman Paulo Piau’s proposal regarding forest protection

04/20/2012

Brazilian minister reacts to criticisms made about Rio+20

According to Izabella Teixeira, since the world is in a transition stage, it is necessary to discuss the environment “in another perspective”

04/11/2012

Workshop with indigenous peoples in the Guiana: information to guarantee inclusion

Event’s goal was to share information on climate change and REDD, enabling greater awareness of local indigenous leaderships regarding national and international dialogue on the theme.

04/03/2012

Deforestation Around the World

Book edited by IPAM's executive director, Paulo Moutinho, provides a general view about deforestation dynamics around the world, incorporating analyses of its causes, impacts and actions to prevent...

03/30/2012

UN REDD Program approves S$ 8 million investment for African countries

In total, 42 countries are benefited by the program. The meeting in Paraguay will be the last of IPAM’ mandate as representative

03/28/2012

RT-REDD Consortium reconciles commodity production with forest conservation

News article published on Nature.com highlights the work of IPAM and partners

03/28/2012

Slowing Climate Change through Better Farming

The RT-REDD Consortium seeks to link sustainable agricultural supply chains with REDD programs to mitigate climate change, conserving native ecosystems and improving the livelihoods of rural people.

03/22/2012

PhD students visit IPAM Acre in search of knowledge

Delegation of 20 Peruvians seeks knowledge about environmental management models that are being implemented, as well as getting to know IPAM’s work in the MAP region