Amazonia holds the largest rainforest in the world with unparalleled biodiversity, abundant natural resources and home to almost 50 million people. The Amazonia region provides perfect ecological and social characteristics for Bioeconomy products and services to thrive, while Bioeconomy offers an alternative and transformative model to predatory forms of development that focus … [Read more...] about What is and what is not Bioeconomy? – An Amazonian perspective
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Enabling Amazonian Bioeconomy is Essential to Reverse Deforestation and Promote Green Growth
The Amazonian rainforest is on the brink of an ecological tipping point. Relentless deforestation and degradation are to blame, mostly to make way for cattle, soy, palm, and to extract minerals and metals. Over 95% of the deforestation in the Brazilian Amazonia rainforest is illegal. The extraction of commodities and perpetration of environmental crimes is driven by market … [Read more...] about Enabling Amazonian Bioeconomy is Essential to Reverse Deforestation and Promote Green Growth
Biodiversity, Development, and Inclusion in the Amazon
There is no doubt about the importance of the Amazon region as a natural asset to the local communities and to the world. It provides more than 40% of Latin America's fresh water, regulates air quality, stores carbon emissions, and controls nutrient and hydrological cycles for the South American continent. Demographic and urban transition in the Amazon is occurring extremely … [Read more...] about Biodiversity, Development, and Inclusion in the Amazon