Novas iniciativas projetadas para diminuir as emissões de carbono evitando o desmatamento e a degradação florestal (REDD+) também estão ajudando a proteger a posse de terras florestais no Brasil, mostrou um novo estudo. O REDD+ é um esquema suportado pelas Nações Unidas cujo objetivo é mitigar as mudanças climáticas globais através do incentivo aos países em desenvolvimento para manterem suas florestas tropicais de pé, e também é visto por muitos como uma forma de promover a conservação e fortalecer o modo de vida rural nas florestas.

Scientists are studying ways to better manage “high-carbon” ecosystems to address climate change and support livelihoods.

Ensuring the availability of Amazon forests for ecosystem services and future generations.

Lessons learned in Acre could be critical for the development of Brazil's national REDD+ framework.

Long-term climate trends may be meaningless for policy-makers and land managers making short term decisions.

Land use planning should be based the analysis on the value of ecosystem services instead of hotspots to make better conservation decisions.

Getting behind the “real problem” means tackling the causes of deforestation and forest degradation, known as the “drivers.”

The complexities of a sustainable biofuel economy reveals the need for improved land and forest governance across diverse scales.

We are in a critical decade for climate action.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono creates a national agency aimed at combating greenhouse gas emissions.