Launched in August 2023 by the Ministry of Finance, the Plan for Ecological Transformation (Plano para a Tranformação Ecológica) is a proposal for socioeconomic development based on criteria that guarantee the conservation of natural resources and the fight against the climate crisis. “The Plan aims to promote a sustainable future, addressing critical topics discussed at … Read more
A survey performed by IPÊ – Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (Institute for Ecological Research), in 2023, identified around 200 volunteer brigades focused on preventing and combating forest fires in Brazil. The research also cataloged several other institutions that support volunteering in activities related to Integrated Fire Management. The initiative, is part of the Voluntariado no … Read more
IPÊ Sustainable Business Unit turned 20 in 2023. The initiative has now established itself as an area of innovation in partnerships at the institution, with projects that have become a reference for the third sector and for areas of sustainability and ESG at companies. Since 2003, through UNS, IPÊ has performed over 30 institutional partnerships … Read more
Last Sunday (12), 45 socio-environmental entrepreneurs recognized by Schwab Foundation gathered at the IPÊ headquarters, in Nazaré Paulista/SP, on behalf of Learning Journey Brazil, promoted by the foundation. This was the first visit to Latin America for 45% of the group. Maria Inês Martin, communications manager at the Schwab Foundation, explained that the visit to … Read more
The reestablishment of degraded forest areas has become one of the most advocated actions globally to combat the climate crisis. The UN has established the years 2021 to 2030 as the United Nations Decade for Ecosystem Restoration. Worldwide, the challenge is the recovery of 1 billion hectares. Brazil has set a goal of planting 12 … Read more
In the last two weeks of September, heat wave warnings were issued for several regions of Brazil. The situation is similar to what happened in the northern hemisphere between June and August, when we experienced record temperatures in countries like Italy and Spain. The Australian government has also issued warnings of high temperatures and the … Read more
Fifteen researchers from 10 Latin American countries, recognized with the Whitley Award for the work they perform to conserve biodiversity, got together in August for a training meeting promoted by WFN – Whitley Fund for Nature at the headquarters of IPÊ – Ecological Research Institute (Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas), in Nazaré Paulista. According to Lisa Wheeler, … Read more
Seeking innovations in the environmental area, IPÊ paves the way for a new stage that begins towards the sustainable production of native seedlings from the Atlantic Forest biome of Pontal do Paranapanema, in the extreme west of São Paulo. In community nurseries supported by IPÊ, traditional plastic tubes are gradually being replaced by substrate tubes … Read more
In September, over 250 high and elementary school students from state schools Arthur Ribeiro, Salvador Moreno Munhoz and João da Cruz Melão, on the municipality of Teodoro Sampaio, far west of São Paulo, had the opportunity to learn about the Mico Conservation Program -black lion with a visit from Vinícius Alves, the Program’s environmental educator. … Read more
In 2022, IPÊ completed 30 years dedicated to the conservation of Brazilian biodiversity, central to socioeconomic transformation and facing critical challenges such as the one we are currently experiencing with the climate crisis. With our work – which mobilizes our teams, partnerships with companies and articulations with public authorities – we seek to carry out … Read more
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