Biodiversity Conservation

We work with the objective of contributing to the biodiversity conservation in environmental, social and economic aspects.

Climate change

We support decision makers in the climate agenda focused on ecosystem conservation and restoration projects and biodiversity.

Ecosystem restoration

The approaches developed by IIS aim to assist the planning and implementation of vegetation recovery projects, exploring synergies and trade-offs between biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and costs, under a variety of scenarios.

Sustainable development

We seek to promote the transition to sustainability, contributing to the balance between socioeconomic development, biodiversity conservation and rational use of natural resources.

Sustainable Land Use

We promote the transition from the traditional agricultural practices to a more sustainable land management, helping to mitigate climate change and guaranteeing the future of the next generations.

Economic Analysis

We seek to strengthen and defend the basic principles of balance between the economy and the environment, favoring research, planning and management in public and private fields, linked to the relationship between ecological, social and economic systems, in order to improve social well-being.

Policies

We assist in the formulation of policies aimed at sustainability, as well as the implementation of practical actions, working in partnership with public sector bodies and other organizations.

Spatial intelligence

Through landscape modeling and monitoring, we identify the patterns and trends of social and ecological systems, supporting decision makers through quantitative statistics and mapped scenarios.

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17.04.14

IIS participates in the Convention on Biological Diversity meeting, held in Linhares/ES

The International Institute for Sustainability participated in the event organized by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to discuss the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, which aims to protect biodiversity. The CBD is a United Nations initiative and one of the main international forums related to the environment.

The meeting also included a workshop sponsored by Vale at the company’s natural reserve in Linhares (Espírito Santo state). This is one of the largest Atlantic Forest spaces preserved in the country, and gathers elements such as nurseries and knowledge production on seedlings of native species, experiments with forest restoration and scientific collections.

Besides the visit to the Vale natural reserve, Bernardo Strassburg and Agnieszka Latawiec presented IIS’s activities and the initiatives related to Aichi Biodiversity Targets.

Aichi Biodiversity Targets

The Aichi Biodiversity Targets consists on a set of objectives embodied in 20 propositions aimed to reduce the loss of biodiversity worldwide, with compliance deadline until 2020. The guidelines were adopted at COP 10 (Conference of the Parties), held in 2010 in Nagoya (Japan).
For more information about Aichi targets, visit CBD official website.

Vale Natural Reserve / Photo: Agnieszka Latawiec