Global concerns are mounting over deforestation and degradation that threaten to push the Amazon rainforest past a “tipping point” and turn it into a savannah. Scientists worry that die-back may already be underway in parts of the Legal Amazon in Brazil. Aware of these threats, presidents from eight Amazon countries were gathered in Belem on August 8 and 9 for a summit to … [Read more...] about Keeping Amazonia Forever: A vibrant bioeconomy is one of our best defenses against a critical tipping point
Ilona Szabó
Ilona Szabó de Carvalho is the president and co-founder of the Igarapé Institute. She serves on the UNSG-appointed High Level Council on Effective Multilateralism and is an affiliate researcher at Princeton University. She holds an MA in International Studies from the University of Uppsala in Sweden.