News

07.01.25
For the third consecutive year, Bernardo Strassburg is elected one of the most influential researchers in the world

27.06.24
Rural Environmental Registry Task Forces Promote Environmental Compliance in Magé and Guapimirim

25.06.24
Debates are advancing towards the construction of a public policy that recognises the results of biodiversity conservation efforts in Brazil

20.12.23
COP 28 Climate Summit: Acknowledging Progress, Facing Challenges, and Brazil’s Role for a Sustainable Future

20.12.23
What are NbS and what are their contributions to mitigation and adaptation in the face of climate change?

16.10.23
The carbon market: an opportunity to control deforestation caused by agricultural expansion in Brazil

20.09.23
Bernardo Strassburg, president of IIS, has been elected as the “Sustainability Leader of the Year for 2023”

15.09.23
IIS is one of the winners of the “Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Scenario Modelling Challenge”

13.03.23
IIS launches online platform with priority areas for ecosystems conservation and restoration around the world

17.01.23
Video: discussion panel “Ambitious and synergistic goals for COPs decisions on Climate (COP27) and Biodiversity (COP15)”

06.01.23
IIS contributes to different targets of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (Post-2020 GBF)

16.11.22
IIS president Bernardo Strassburg is one of the 20 Brazilian highly cited scientists in the world

11.05.22
IIS´s project is selected in the second call for funding from the Land Innovation Fund for South America

04.02.22
Bernardo Strassburg, Executive Director of IIS, listed as one of the best scientists in the world by Stanford University and Elsevier

05.03.21
Workshop on agricultural commodities production and trade scenarios outcomes on land use change and biodiversity in Brazil

28.01.21
Consultative workshops to identify priority areas for the recovery of native vegetation in the Caatinga, Pampa and Pantanal

21.10.20
CSRio Seminar: Are new frameworks needed? Discussion in the scope of environmental projects

15.10.20
Rewilding 30 per cent of world’s land would halt extinctions and ‘absorb half of CO2 emissions’, major study finds

14.10.20
Bernardo Strassburg interview about the study “Global priority areas for ecosystem restoration”

14.10.20
Restoring 30% of the world’s ecosystems in priority areas could stave off more than 70% of projected extinctions and absorb nearly half of the carbon built up in the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution

07.10.20
Political overview of Ecosystem Services in Brazil: an Payment for Environmental Services approach

04.09.20
CSRio Seminar – Biodiversity management and ecosystem services in rural landscapes: a socioecological approach

20.07.20
CSRio Seminar: “Caminho da Mata Atlântica: a trail reconnecting people, forests and protected areas”

09.07.20
Economic Benefits of Protecting 30% of Planet’s Land and Ocean Outweigh the Costs at Least 5-to-1

05.05.20
CSRio Seminar “Sustainability Indicators: Use of Evaluation in Social and Environmental Projects by Executing and Financing Institutions

09.04.20
CSRio Seminar: “Beyond Protected Areas: the role of other areas for the conservation of biodiversity”

06.04.20
IIS hires professional to develop economic incentive mechanisms and strategies for biodiversity conservation for GEF Private Areas project

27.02.20
“From disaster risk reduction to ecosystem-based adaptation in favelas” – CSRio seminar welcomes Ebba Brink

02.12.19
Forest Management and Decision-making Under Rapid Global Change – CSRio seminar welcomes Jacob Bukoski

15.11.19
CSRio Seminar: “Reporting and Verification – MRV of Brazil’s Commitments to the Paris Agreement”.

07.11.19
“Living in harmony with Nature” – second day of the Thematic Consultation on Ecosystem Restoration discusses how to achieve the 2050 Vision

07.11.19
The first day of the Thematic Consultation on Ecosystem Restoration of the Convention on Biological Diversity

01.10.19
IIS hires professional to support technical dissemination of editions learned for GEF Private Areas project

30.08.19
CSRio Seminar welcomes Cecília Herzog on the talk “Nature-Based Solutions for Contemporary City Challenges”

28.08.19
First Landowners Meeting of the São João River Basin Protected Area – GEF Private Areas Project

26.08.19
It is possible to recover millions of hectares of vegetation until 2030, according to study

23.08.19
IIS and BPBES launch Summary for decision-makers of the thematic report “Landscape and Ecosystem Restoration”

19.08.19
Unprecedent study in Brazil reveals how biochar recovers degraded pasturelands, increases agricultural productivity and helps preserve the environment

01.08.19
Job opportunities: professional for technical support to field activities on APA Pouso Alto pilot

04.07.19
New study reveals that the Atlantic Forest demonstrates the best opportunities for the restoration of tropical forests around the world

25.06.19
Conservation and restoration of nature: challenges and solutions for the future of the planet

04.06.19
Pact for the Atlantic Forest Restoration: New study shows that large-scale restoration is already happening in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

06.05.19
Bernardo Strassburg is interviewed by “Jornal Nacional” on the report of the Intergovernmental Platform for Scientific Policies on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

06.05.19
Bernardo Strassburg is one of the leader authors of the new report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

01.05.19
What is the value of the economic damage caused by climate change in Brazilian critical infrastructures?

17.12.18
Study shows that restoring nature with spatial intelligence can triple its benefits while halving costs

12.12.18
IIS and Ministry of the Environment launch project for biodiversity conservation and rural landscapes in private areas

12.12.18
“Secretaria of State for the Environment and INEA present report of the “”Climate Adaptation Plan of the State of Rio de Janeiro”””

04.08.18
Restoring Connections and Landscapes – Symposium of Ecological Restoration brings together specialists in Rio de Janeiro

04.07.18
I Symposium of Ecological Restoration of the State of Rio de Janeiro is a little less than one month way!

22.05.18
IIS brings together national and international experts in International Workshop on Restoration and Water

25.01.18
Fernanda Tubenchlak, from IIS, talks about restoration in Rio de Janeiro state during the II Meeting of the Fluminense forestry observatory

04.12.17
One more published article from the IIS team and partners: Best practice for the use of scenarios for restoration planning

09.11.17
Ecological restoration success is higher for natural regeneration than for active restoration in tropical forests

27.10.17
” On October 20-23, the International Institute for Sustainability (IIS) participated in the “”City and Civil Society Organizations Summit – 2017″” event in Istanbul / Turkey.”

06.09.17
The International Institute for Sustainability team was present at the VII World Conference on Restoration held in Foz do Iguaçu between August 27 and September 1, 2017

15.08.17
Researcher at the International Institute for Sustainability (IIS) received Luis F. Bacardi Award for Advances in Tropical Conservation of 2017

10.08.17
IIS and partners publish correspondence “Hard times for the Brazilian environment” in Nature Ecology & Evolution

24.04.17
IIS publishes article “Willingness to Adopt Biochar in Agriculture: The Producer’s Perspective” in Sustainability journal (volume 9)

29.03.17
Specialist in industrial scale clean energy production in Poland came to Rio de Janeiro to talk about his experience

24.03.17
Policies mix can avoid extinctions of historic proportions projected for the Cerrado, shows a study coordinated by Brazilians, published in Nature Ecology and Evolution

07.03.17
Lack of labour is pointed as the main barrier for the adoption of good agricultural practices in Brazil – A study with 250 producers from Mato Grosso was conducted by the IIS

22.02.17
The Pact for the Atlantic Forest Restoration (Pacto in portuguese) reorganizes itself to overcome difficulties and achieve the restoration goals launched in 2009

14.02.17
The National Plan for Native Vegetation Recovery (PLANAVEG), of which IIS was one of the idealizers, became the federal decree “National Policy for Native Vegetation Recovery (PROVEG)”

22.11.16
IIS publishes two articles in the special volume on natural regeneration of Biotropica journal (volume 48, issue 6)

09.03.16
Brazilian and foreigner scientists launches a book debating sustainability indicators efficiency on March the 10th in Rio de Janeiro

12.11.15
Australian specialists discuss spatial priorization for Brazilian Atlantic Forest restoration at IIS

20.08.15
For the strengthening of natural regeneration in forest restoration and landscapes policies

04.05.15
New study shows that forest restoration cana chieve large scale without competing with agriculture

23.07.14
Study shows that Brazil can have the greatest agricultural expansion in the world with zero deforestation

26.06.14
Study about carbon emissions by selective deforestation in Amazonia has the participation of IIS researcher

21.05.14
IIS article analyzes the impacts of projects with sustainability indicators in developing countries

21.05.14
“IIS article about land-use management in Suriname is published in “”Land Use Policy”” magazine, from Elsevier”

17.04.14
Study proves the possibility of implementing native forests for economic purposes in the state of São Paulo

03.12.13