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

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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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23.06.15

Report on Sustainable Landscapes Workshop is released

The report of the Workshop “Sustainable Landscapes: reconciliating rural development and environmental conservation”, held on March 25th and 26th, was released this week in Portuguese and English. The event, organized by IIS in partnership with Embrapa, NGI and PUC-Rio, with the support of Norad, involved 25 lectures and 42 participants from 17 institutions and different countries.

The document provides the resume of each lecture and also a brief of the discussions, where tools such as biochar and the financial strategies for sustainable landscapes have been addressed, and also several case studies on forest restoration and low carbon farming. The next edition of the workshop will be held Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden in 2016.

Click here to access the full report in English.