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
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Rewilding: Restoring Nature’s Delicate Balance, Step by Step
Imagine a world where nature recovers on its own, rivers flow freely, forests thrive, and animals roam their habitats. This is what rewilding is all about—a conservation strategy that allows nature to regenerate and function autonomously. Now, imagine all this happening without compromising the supply of food, timber, fuel, and biodiversity products. It may sound like a distant … [Read more...] about Rewilding: Restoring Nature’s Delicate Balance, Step by Step
Enhancing Climate Ambition Through Increased Transparency and Open Data in LAC
A recent study published by Nature has estimated that climate change will reduce future global income by about 19% ($38 trillion a year ) in the next 25 years, and underlined that the most socially and economically vulnerable countries will be hit the hardest. Given their vulnerability, but also their concrete climate commitments, countries in Latin America and the … [Read more...] about Enhancing Climate Ambition Through Increased Transparency and Open Data in LAC
Development With a Human Approach: A Personal Reflection From the Fieldwork
Generally, when we hear the name Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), we particularly associate it with financing, work at the policy and regulatory level, activities in the city, sitting in front of a computer... In this blog I share another angle: the human and field perspective with its teachings and reflections. Within the framework of the preparation of the project … [Read more...] about Development With a Human Approach: A Personal Reflection From the Fieldwork
International Day of Forests: Guardians of the Environment and Biodiversity
Latin America and the Caribbean are invaluable havens of biodiversity in the world. They harbor the greatest diversity of species and ecosystems on the planet, a quarter of the mangrove forests, and half of the tropical forests (UNEP-WCMC, 2016; Bovarnick et al., 2010). According to FAO, the region has a total of 935.5 million hectares of forest land. Forests are true … [Read more...] about International Day of Forests: Guardians of the Environment and Biodiversity