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.

Projects

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The restoration assessment through sustainability indicators: the case of Rio de Janeiro

The project aims to evaluate restoration in Rio de Jambeiro city projects through sustainability (ecological, economic and social) indicators.

Given the complexity of these indicators in the area originally covered by the Atlantic Forest, the evaluation of restoration initiatives in this biome through sustainability indicators represents an important step to consolidate a more integrated perspective of restoration.

The use of sustainability indicators has an immense potential to evaluate restoration projects in ecosystems with great diversity (for example, tropical forests) and a heterogenous social structure, with much socio-economic contrast (for example, the city of Rio de Janeiro).

In the regional, national and international context of deforestation Rio de Janeiro, a city where ambitious restation goals have been set, has received and the “Reforestation Mutual-Aid Group’ project since the 1980s. the project is coordinated by Rio de Janeiro’s Municipal Environmental Secretariat (SMAC).

Project highlights include the restauration of some 3,000 hectares of native Forest, participation of the community and creation of volunteer Jobs in the implementation and maintenance steps.

The partners of the project “Restoration Assessment through sustainability indicators: Rio de Janeiro Case” are Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Columbia University, International Institute for Sustainability (IIS), Jardim Botânico Research Institute of Rio de Janeiro (JBRJ), and Rio de Janeiro’s Municipal Environmental Sectrariat (SMAC).

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