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Government intervention to strengthen the ethanol sector: lessons from Brazil
Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013The scale of Brazil’s ethanol production, demand and competitiveness is largely attributable to government initiatives. The varying levels of success of such initiatives can provide interesting lessons for other countries.DocumentSugarcane agro-ecological zoning: greening the expansion of ethanol
Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013The scale of Brazil’s ethanol production, demand and competitiveness is largely attributable to government initiatives. The varying levels of success of such initiatives can provide interesting lessons for other countries.DocumentBrazil’s efforts to mitigate the environmental impacts of ethanol production
Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2012As the sustainability of ethanol production continues to be a hot question, Brazilian attempts to improve an environmentally inefficient production process could provide pointers for those dealing with similar challenges in other countries.DocumentRights-based rainforest protection Why securing the rights of forest peoples is the right way to save the forest
2012The loss of the world’s rainforest has for decades been recognised as a serious, global environmental problem, both by rainforest nations and the international community. Still, 13 million hectares of tropical forest disappear every year. There is, thus, an urgent need for intensified efforts at the appropriate scale and with the right approach.DocumentSouth-South REDD. A Brazil–Mozambique initiative for zero deforestation with pan-African relevance
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013A memorandum of understanding between the government of Mozambique through the Ministry for Coordination of Environmental Affairs (MICOA) and the Foundation for Sustainable Amazonas (FAS) signed in 2009 laid the ground for a multi-partner ollaborative initiative designated South–South REDD: A Brazil–Mozambique Initiative for Zero Deforestation with Pan-African Relevance.DocumentThe BRICS and international peacebuilding and statebuilding
Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2013The emergence of the BRICS has generated a renewed debate about peacebuilding and donor activity. This has slowly influenced the aims, norms and practices of international peacebuilding, statebuilding and development.DocumentDETERring deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: environmental monitoring and law enforcement
Climate Policy Initiative, 2013This study asks: which specific policy efforts contributed most to the reduction in Amazon deforestation? The paper, which evaluates the impact of monitoring on deforestation, focuses on DETER, a satellite-based system for real-time detection of deforestation. DETER is the key tool for targeting law enforcement activities in the Brazilian Amazon.DocumentThe policy climate
Climate Policy Initiative, 2013This report offers an overview of climate change policy issues across the world.DocumentBrazil’s generous diplomacy: friendly dragon or paper tiger?
Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, 2012Featuring a stable democracy and dizzying economic growth, Brazil is fast on the way to acquiring global power status. The country is investing in enhanced multilateral and bilateral relationships as a means of leveraging trade and reducing vulnerability abroad and on the domestic front.DocumentFrom manual to mechanical harvesting: reducing environmental impacts and increasing cogeneration potential
Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2012The pre-harvest burning of sugarcane leaves is a common practice that enables manual pickers to collect the crop quickly, suffering less personal injury. The burning process, however, has negative impacts on the environment, on human health and on the potential energy value of the plant.Pages