After 40 years of government induced settlement of the Brazilian Amazon, the core of this region has experienced surprisingly little deforestation. The agriculture and ranching that cause deforestation depend upon reliable roads, which are concentrated along the eastern and southern flanks of Amazonia. This ‘passive protection’ of central Amazonia may soon be lost, however, unless the proposed paving of roads through the core of the region is reassessed.
Position commune sur les options de financement de REDD+
Position commune sur les options de financement de REDD+
O IPAM, juntamente com suas instituições parceiras: Conservação Internacional, Environmental Defense Fund, Woods Hole Research Center e The Nature Conservancy, produziu quatro documentos de posições comuns sobre aspectos da política de REDD. Este é sobre a Posição Comum sobre as opções de Financiamento de REDD +.