Strong evidence indicates that the Brazilian government is taking advantage of the confusion caused by the Covid-19 pandemic to speed-up a wide-ranging environmental setback. We present a timeline of policies and acts taken by the current federal administration against the environment during the pandemic and discuss their consequences. The unprecedented amount of measures affecting environmental policies is especially intended to weaken deforestation control and transparency of environmental agencies, and allow the expansion of harmful activities (e.g.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesEnero, 2021Brasil, Estados Unidos de América
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesEnero, 2018Australia, Brasil, Canadá, Estados Unidos de América
Declines in global biodiversity due to land conversion and habitat loss are driving a "Sixth Mass Extinction" and many countries currently fall short of meeting even nominal land protection targets to mitigate this crisis. Here, we quantify the potential contribution of Indigenous lands to biodiversity conservation using case studies of Australia, Brazil and Canada. Indigenous lands in each country are slightly more species rich than existing protected areas and, in Brazil and Canada, support more threatened species than existing protected areas or random sites.
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 2014Bolivia, Brasil, América del Sur
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 2015Honduras, Estados Unidos de América, España, Alemania, Perú, Reino Unido, China, Etiopía, República de Corea, Suiza, Costa Rica, Lesotho, Viet Nam, Madagascar, Tanzania, Países Bajos, Brasil, Canadá
Forest and landscape restoration is a key issue in the ongoing discussions at the Paris Climate Change Conference, convened to broker a game-changing agreement on climate change. On a planet where the mark of human activity is almost ubiquitous, restoration is by necessity a concept that has to take into account human well-being and ongoing change. In addition, in order to succeed in the long term, forest and landscape restoration initiatives will need to successfully engage a range of stakeholders, from policy-makers to local communities and from governments to private actors.
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