Amazon on focus
AMAZON ON FOCUS
Panorama of Brazil’s Forest Code
PANORAMA OF BRAZIL’S FOREST CODE
Linking deforestation and livestock
LINKING DEFORESTATION AND LIVESTOCK
OtimizaInfra
OTIMIZAINFRA
Brazil’s sugarcane embitters the EU‑Mercosur trade talks
Given its ability to grow large crops and produce ethanol that avoids between 69-89% of CO2e emissions in comparison with regular fossil fuels, Brazil could play a key role in the European Union’s transition to bioeconomy.
In a new study, researchers from the Bio‑Economy Unit of the European Commission, the Federal University of Minas Gerais, in […]
PL 510/2021 amnesty invasions, paves the way for disorganized occupation and puts 24 million hectares of public forests at risk
Researchers from the Laboratory of Environmental Services Management (LAGESA) and the Centre for Remote Sensing (CSR) evaluate and point out the problems and risks of the Bill of Law (PL) 510/2020 on the Senate agenda. They warn that the project amnesty criminal occupations of public lands and might legitimate future invasions, it also puts at […]
Policy Brief: Brazil’s new climate target backtracks and allows an increase in deforestation
In a new study, researchers from the Laboratory of Environmental Services Management (LAGESA), the Centre for Remote Sensing (CSR), both from UFMG, and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro evaluate that Brazil’s Nationally Determined Contribution presented in 2020 backtrack its climate commitments and may put the Amazon Rainforest at risk.
The policy brief reveals that […]
Assessing the impacts of the EU bioeconomy on third countries
ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF THE EU BIOECONOMY ON THIRD COUNTRIES
Mappia
MAPPIA
Policy brief: What to expect from the socio-environmental impacts of Ferrogrão?
The Centre for Remote Sensing (CSR) published a policy brief on the socio-environmental impacts of the implementation of the EF-170 railway, Ferrogrão, in the Amazon region.
In the study, simulations of soy transportation in the country are made considering the current infrastructure and the implementation of Ferrogrão in two scenarios: with only two terminals (initial in […]