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Cristina Leme Lopes, Ana Flávia Corleto, Nina Didonet and Joana Chiavari June 26, 2025 Legal Gold Garimpo in the Amazon: Recommendations for Adequate Control of Socio-environmental Impacts Gabriel Cozendey and Joana Chiavari June 24, 2025 Deforestation Cuts the Lights: Itaipu, Belo Monte, and the Cost of Forest Loss Gustavo R. S. Pinto and João Pedro Ferreira Arbache March 31, 2025 Restoring Brazil’s Public Lands: Exploring Public-Private Partnership Options Cristina Leme Lopes, Gabriel Cozendey and Joana Chiavari December 3, 2024 The Bioeconomy in the Lula Administration: Regulatory and Institutional Advances Cristina Leme Lopes, Ana Flávia Corleto and Joana Chiavari November 11, 2024 Cutting Down the (Hydropower) Plants: How the Amazon Deforestation is Jeopardizing Electricity Generation in Brazil Gustavo R. S. Pinto, João Pedro Ferreira Arbache, Luiza Antonaccio and Joana Chiavari October 17, 2024 Estimating the Spatial Amplification of Damage Caused by Degradation in the Amazon Rafael Araujo, Juliano Assunção and José Alexandre Scheinkman November 13, 2023 Amazônia 2030: Bases para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável November 9, 2023 Combate à Grilagem de Terras na Amazônia: O Papel do Poder Judiciário Cristina Leme Lopes, Gabriel Cozendey and Anna Maria Bezerra de Mello Cárcamo October 19, 2023 Carbon and the Fate of the Amazon Juliano Assunção and José Alexandre Scheinkman September 21, 2023 Preserving the Amazon: Strategies to Reduce Deforestation in Rural Settlements João Mourão, Marcelo Sessim and Priscila Souza September 12, 2023 Video: The Amazon Domino Effect August 8, 2023 Oportunidades e Desafios para a Reposição Florestal na Amazônia e no Cerrado Cristina Leme Lopes August 1, 2023 Fighting Deforestation in the Amazon: Strategic Coordination and Priorities for Federal and State Governments Clarissa Gandour and João Mourão May 5, 2023 Vídeo: Panorama de Financiamento de Rodovias e Ferrovias na Amazônia February 9, 2023 Retrato da Energia na Amazônia Legal e a Democratização dos Dados Amanda Schutze and Rhayana Holz January 15, 2023 Finance Landscape of Highways and Railroads: Elements for Strengthening the Governance of Infrastructure Investments in the Brazilian Amazon Joana Chiavari, Gabriela Coser, Renata Canini and Ícaro Moreno de Souza Melo November 30, 2022 Bioeconomy in the Amazon: Conceptual, Regulatory and Institutional Analysis Cristina Leme Lopes and Joana Chiavari September 20, 2022 We Need to Talk About Forest Degradation in the Amazon: Brazilian Public Policy Must Understand and Address this Threat Clarissa Gandour August 16, 2022 Roadmap for Sustainable Infrastructure in the Amazon Joana Chiavari, Luiza Antonaccio, Rafael Araujo, Ana Cristina Barros, Arthur Bragança and Gabriel Cozendey July 4, 2022 Rivers of Diesel in the Amazon: Why Does the Region with Brazil’s Biggest Hydroelectric Plants Still Rely on Expensive, Dirty Fuel? Amanda Schutze, Luiz Bines and Juliano Assunção June 3, 2022 Redefining Priorities in Infrastructure Development in the Amazon: Evidence from the State of Pará Arthur Bragança and Mateus Morais May 6, 2022 Accessibility in the Legal Amazon: Measuring Market Access Rafael Araujo, Arthur Bragança and Juliano Assunção May 4, 2022 Accessibility in the Legal Amazon: Delimiting the Area of Influence and Environmental Risks Rafael Araujo, Arthur Bragança and Juliano Assunção May 4, 2022 Accessibility in the Amazon: Digital Solutions Rafael Araujo, Arthur Bragança and Juliano Assunção May 4, 2022 Presidential Decrees Exacerbate the Contradiction in Mining Regulations at the Expense of the Environment Gabriel Cozendey, Leila Pereira, Rafael Pucci and Joana Chiavari April 29, 2022 Conciliação Ambiental e Desmatamento na Amazônia: Implicações e Desafios a partir de Evidências Cristina Leme Lopes, João Mourão, Joana Chiavari and Clarissa Gandour December 14, 2021 Grilagem à Vista: Parecer do Senador Carlos Fávaro Aprova Mudanças na Lei Fundiária Cristina Leme Lopes and Joana Chiavari December 13, 2021 The Relationship between Forest Fires and Deforestation in the Amazon: Phenomena Are More Closely Related in Rural Settlements and in Occupied Public Lands Diego Menezes, Rafael Pucci, João Mourão and Clarissa Gandour December 2, 2021 Through DETER’s Lens: The Relationship between Degradation and Deforestation in the Amazon Rafael Pucci, Diego Menezes, João Mourão and Clarissa Gandour December 2, 2021 Apresentação: Análise do Novo Procedimento Administrativo Sancionador do Ibama e seus Reflexos no Combate ao Desmatamento na Amazônia Cristina Leme Lopes July 8, 2021 Increasing Cattle Productivity in the Amazon Requires New Technologies Francisco Luis Lima Filho, Arthur Bragança and Juliano Assunção June 22, 2021 Aprimorando a Zona Franca de Manaus: Lições da Experiência Internacional Amanda Schutze, Rhayana Holz and Juliano Assunção June 14, 2021 Environmental Viability of Land Transport Infrastructure in the Amazon Gabriel Cozendey and Joana Chiavari June 10, 2021 Recent Changes to Legislation May Increase Deforestation and Impunity in the Brazilian Amazon. Here’s how. Cristina Leme Lopes and Joana Chiavari June 9, 2021 An Analysis of the New Legal Framework for IBAMA’s Administrative Enforcement Procedures and its Effects on Combating Deforestation in the Amazon Cristina Leme Lopes and Joana Chiavari June 7, 2021 6 Peculiarities of Rural Credit in the Amazon: New Research Shows Credit Restrictions and Extensive Land Use in Agriculture Priscila Souza, Gabriel de Campos, Stela Herschmann, Pedro Vogt and Juliano Assunção May 3, 2021 Forest Degradation in the Brazilian Amazon: Public Policy Must Target Phenomenon Related to Deforestation Clarissa Gandour, Diego Menezes, João Pedro Vieira and Juliano Assunção March 9, 2021 Conexsus Impact Fund Tatiana Alves, Rosaly Byrd and Felipe Borschiver September 29, 2020 Brazil Needs to Monitor its Tropical Regeneration: Remote Monitoring System is Technologically Feasible, but Needs Public Policy Support Juliano Assunção, Cláudio Almeida and Clarissa Gandour July 14, 2020 Protected Territories, Though Critical, are Not Enough to Slow Amazon Deforestation: Brazil Requires Coordinated and Targeted Conservation Policies Juliano Assunção and Clarissa Gandour May 26, 2020 Targeting Deforestation, Boosting Regeneration: Efforts to Combat Forest Clearings in the Amazon Promote Tropical Regrowth Juliano Assunção, Clarissa Gandour and Helena Rodrigues April 2, 2020 Brazil Knows What to Do to Fight Deforestation in the Amazon: Monitoring and Law Enforcement Work and Must be Strengthened Juliano Assunção and Clarissa Gandour November 25, 2019 Sustainable Infrastructure in the Amazon: Strengthening Socio-Environmental Planning and Design for New Infrastructure Projects in Brazil Juliano Assunção, Ana Cristina Barros, Joana Chiavari, Arthur Bragança, Luiza Antonaccio, Rafael Araujo and Gabriel Cozendey October 31, 2019 Large-scale Reforestation: Starting with Public Lands in the Brazilian Amazon Juliano Assunção and Clarissa Gandour January 15, 2019 The Brazilian Forest Code Finally can be Implemented. What's next? Joana Chiavari and Cristina Leme Lopes March 21, 2018 Forest and Land Use Policies on Private Lands: an International Comparison Joana Chiavari and Cristina Leme Lopes October 17, 2017 What Does the Surge in Amazon Regeneration Mean for Brazil? Juliano Assunção and Clarissa Gandour July 11, 2017 Why are Land Rights Important to Brazil? Rita Damasceno Costa June 8, 2017 The Next Step Towards Climate Change Mitigation: Improving Productivity of Brazil’s Agricultural Lands Juliano Assunção May 23, 2017 Rural Settlements and Deforestation in the Amazon Juliano Assunção and Romero Rocha December 16, 2016 Insecure Land Rights in Brazil: Consequences for Rural Areas and Challenges for Improvement Rita Damasceno Costa August 25, 2016 Key Issues for Property Rights in Brazil: Implications for the Forest Code Bernardo Mueller May 31, 2016 Towards Efficient Land Use in Brazil Juliano Assunção and Joana Chiavari September 1, 2015 Strengthening Brazil’s Forest Protection in a Changing Landscape Juliano Assunção, Pedro Pessoa, Clarissa Gandour and Romero Rocha August 17, 2015 Getting Greener by Going Black: The Priority Municipalities in Brazil Juliano Assunção and Romero Rocha September 24, 2014 Production & Protection: A First Look at Key Challenges in Brazil Juliano Assunção, Clarissa Gandour, Pedro Hemsley, Romero Rocha and Dimitri Szerman December 3, 2013 DETERring Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: Environmental Monitoring and Law Enforcement Juliano Assunção, Clarissa Gandour and Romero Rocha May 8, 2013 Does Credit Affect Deforestation? Evidence from a Rural Credit Policy in the Brazilian Amazon Juliano Assunção, Clarissa Gandour, Romero Rocha and Rudi Rocha January 29, 2013 Deforestation Slowdown in the Brazilian Amazon: Prices or Policies? Juliano Assunção, Clarissa Gandour and Rudi Rocha March 21, 2012 More Publications + Blog A Conservação da Amazônia É Essencial Para o Futuro do Brasil Beatriz Nardy September 5, 2022 CPI receives MapBiomas team for workshop on land mapping and use in Brazil Mariana Campos August 17, 2017 Changing land use patterns in Brazil Joana Chiavari and Juliano Assunção October 29, 2015 How better monitoring and law enforcement saved 59,500 sq. km of the Amazon – an area the size of a small country Romero Rocha May 8, 2013 Does credit affect deforestation? Evidence from a rural credit policy in the Brazilian Amazon Romero Rocha March 18, 2013 Brazil's deforestation and conservation policies: A quick video overview Juliano Assunção January 31, 2013 More Blog + CPI in the News Transporte precário reduz competitividade Valor Econômico September 5, 2023 Análise socioambiental da Ferrogrão – nem negacionismo nem apocalipse Agência Infra August 18, 2023 Infraestrutura na Amazônia ou para a Amazônia? Um Só Planeta August 2, 2023 Cúpula da Amazônia: Brasil quer política regional unificada para preservação da floresta ClimaInfo May 23, 2023 Infraestrutura e desmatamento na Amazônia Valor May 22, 2023 Os Trilhos do Agronegócio na Amazônia A Nova Democracia August 29, 2021 Decisão do STF sobre o novo Código Florestal enfraquece a Cota de Reserva Ambiental O Eco March 1, 2018 Por que é importante implementar o Código Florestal? O Eco February 18, 2018 Highway of riches, road to ruin: Inside the Amazon's deforestation crisis The Globe and Mail January 26, 2018 Código Florestal em risco Estadão December 19, 2017 Novo estudo do Núcleo de Avaliação de Políticas Climáticas revela que Brasil conta com uma das legislações florestais mais rígidas entre países exportadores agropecuários PUC-Rio November 6, 2017 Estudo compara legislação ambiental do Brasil com a de outros 6 países,entre eles EUA, Canadá, China e Argentina. Veja o resultado Notícias Agrícolas October 26, 2017 A decade of indigenous rights sees troubled progress in Brazil, advocates say Reuters September 13, 2017 Cota de reserva ambiental pode ser regulamentada Canal Rural September 4, 2017 Regularização fundiária no combate ao desmatamento na Amazônia MDA July 25, 2017 A regeneração da Amazônia Valor Econômico July 24, 2017 É preciso interpretar a regeneração em terras desmatadas na Amazônia brasileira, aponta estudo EcoDebate July 13, 2017 Entrevista com Juliano Assunção. Unir Código Florestal e PAP/Pronaf é a chave da sustentabilidade no campo MDA June 21, 2017 PUC estuda violência no campo ligada à propriedade Canal Rural June 12, 2017 Could restoring Latin America's cloud forests boost hydropower? Reuters February 10, 2017 Brazil’s satellite-dodging loggers recast deforestation fight Climate Home September 30, 2015 Brazil’s satellite-dodging loggers recast deforestation fight Responding to Climate Change August 20, 2015 Amazon paradox: drop in large-scale deforestation makes enforcement more difficult MongaBay August 19, 2015 50% do desmate no País está em pequenas áreas O Estado de S. Paulo August 17, 2015 More CPI in the News + Press Releases Garimpo legal também destrói: estudo revela falhas no controle ambiental na Amazônia April 14, 2025 Estudo discute modelos público-privados para impulsionar a restauração em terras públicas na Amazônia December 3, 2024 Brasil avança na Bioeconomia November 11, 2024 5% dos assentamentos da Amazônia concentram 65% do desmatamento October 29, 2024 Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon impacts power generation across the country October 1, 2024 Mercado de carbono pode mudar o destino da Amazônia, diz estudo September 22, 2023 Assentamentos rurais são peça-chave no combate ao desmatamento na Amazônia September 12, 2023 Maioria dos estados do Cerrado e da Amazônia não avançou na compensação pelo desmatamento legal August 3, 2023 The increase of Amazon deforestation can trigger widespread degradation and climate collapse July 3, 2023 CPI/PUC-Rio democratiza acesso a dados sobre energia na Amazônia Legal em plataforma interativa do Data Zoom Amazônia January 30, 2023 Pesquisa do CPI/PUC-Rio identifica prioridades para a atuação governamental no combate ao desmatamento da Amazônia December 20, 2022 Aumento do investimento em infraestrutura na Amazônia precisa vir acompanhado de melhorias no processo decisório, diz estudo November 30, 2022 Regularização fundiária é questão urgente para o país, aponta novo estudo do CPI June 7, 2017 Land regularization is an urgent issue Brazil needs to address, a new study from CPI underscores June 7, 2017 US-Brazil investor group picks three financial instruments that can drive funds for climate action February 9, 2017 Insecure land rights: a major problem in Brazilian rural areas August 25, 2016 Incerteza sobre direitos de propriedade é um dos maiores problemas do Brasil rural August 25, 2016 Climate Policy Initiative propõe uso do Crédito Rural para acelerar implementação do Código Florestal June 27, 2016 Climate Policy Initiative lança estudo sobre o Código Florestal brasileiro November 26, 2015 Brazilian Forest Code, an important tool to encourage efficient land use, but fraught with complexities for states and landholders November 26, 2015 As Amazon deforestation shifts to smaller clearings, Brazil should adapt policies August 17, 2015 Desmatamento em pequena escala na Amazônia requer que Brasil adapte suas políticas August 17, 2015 Juliano Assunção selected for high-level working group that will draft the next generation of agricultural policy in Brazil June 2, 2015 More Press Releases + Events Diálogos Amazônicos Belém, Pará August 4 to 6, 2023 Webinar: Conciliação Ambiental e Desmatamento na Amazônia - Implicações e Desafios a partir de Evidências December 15, 2021 5th Economics of Low-Carbon Markets São Paulo December 18 to 19, 2017 6th Annual AERE Summer Conference Pittsburgh, USA May 31 to June 2, 2017 More Events + Working Papers Cutting Special Interests by the Roots: Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon Arthur Bragança and Ricardo Dahis July 9, 2021 DETERring Deforestation in the Amazon: Environmental Monitoring and Law Enforcement Juliano Assunção and Clarissa Gandour November 4, 2019 The Forest Awakens: Amazon Regeneration and Policy Spillover Juliano Assunção and Clarissa Gandour October 1, 2019 More Working Papers +
