The Tanguro Project has begun in 2004 focusing on the development of innovative techniques for the recovery of degraded areas at the agricultural frontier. Since then, the goals have expanded. The interdisciplinary group of researchers is currently studying the processes that affect an ecosystem in order to outline an agricultural production model that is balanced with conservation of the Amazon and Cerrado.

This book presents an analysis of fire in the Brazilian Amazon with the goal of identifying means by which the negative effects of Amazon fires might be reduced.

Estendendo-se por quase metade do território brasileiro e abrangendo nove de seus estados, a região amazônica é o lar de mais de 20 milhões de brasileiros. Desde 1985 – quando o governo começou a monitorar o desmatamento na Amazônia –, mais de meio milhão de...