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Along a freshly repaved stretch of the BR-317 highway in Acre, a Brazilian state bordering Bolivia and Peru in the Western Amazon, pasture stretches out as far as the eye can see. Solitary Brazil nut ...
News Brazil » Acre: Brazil's Lula promises no deforestation but challenges loom
Trees lie in an area of recent deforestation identified by agents of the Chico Mendes Institute in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, Acre state, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. Brazil's incoming ...
News Brazil » Acre: Brazil protects 1.6 million acres, creates 4 Amazon reserves, and expands Caatinga park
More than 1.6 million acres of Brazilian ecosystems have been placed under protection, expanding conservation efforts in a country considered one of the most ecologically important on Earth. The newly ...
News Brazil » Acre: Environmental service incentives in the state of Acre, Brazil: Lessons for policies, programmes and strategies for jurisdiction-wide REDD+
This WWF report analyzes the design and construction of ISA Carbon, the REDD+ programme of Acre, Brazil, and identifies strengths and challenges. It aims to provide insights for the further ...
News Brazil » Acre: Brazil’s Farmers Are Plowing Over an Ancient Amazon Civilization
Read the Portuguese version here. In the badlands of the southwestern Amazon, Antonia Barbosa is fighting to protect ancient archaeological finds from Brazil’s unstoppable $523 billion agribusiness ...
News Brazil » Acre: Amazon’s Nutmeg Family Revealed: 34 Species Mapped in Brazil’s Acre State
A newly curated dataset documents 34 species of the nutmeg family Myristicaceae in Brazil's Acre state, revealing watershed-linked distribution patterns and a heavily male-biased flowering ratio.
News Brazil » Acre: Brazil's Acre state and German development bank agree to performance-based payments linked to REDD+
The Brazilian state of Acre took a critical step towards realizing REDD+ by signing an agreement with German development bank KfW to cut greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation in exchange for up ...
News Brazil » Acre: StanChart Signs Carbon Credits Deal With Brazil’s Acre State
Standard Chartered Plc has entered a deal with Acre, a state in western Brazil, to sell carbon credits it says will be generated by protecting part of the Amazon rainforest over the next half decade.
News Brazil » Acre: In Brazil’s Acre, calls for new roads clash with deforestation commitments
If you liked this story, share it with other people. The 2024 inauguration of the Chinese-built Chancay Port in Peru has reinforced calls to build road infrastructure through the Amazon, connecting ...