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.

Publications

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TEEB São Paulo – Recommendation of policies for ecosystem services’ preservation, income generation and change in scenarios in Paraíba do Sul River Basin – Paulista Portion/SP

An ecosystem services’ approach provides important information for policymakers to design and implement policies suitable for the local and/or regional economic and environmental potential, besides allowing the identification and quantification of trade-offs among different ecosystem services. Prioritization of the most relevant ecosystem services, as well as policies and initiatives that must be implemented in order to conserve and enhance them, is interesting for the entire society, and not only for policymakers. In this product, it was executed a detailed inventory and analysis of existent policies and initiatives, as well as bottlenecks for their implementation, and proposals were elaborated for their improvement and implementation, aiming a transition for the Sustainable Landscape Management (SLM) scenario, recognizing the importance of natural resources for the improvement of the population’s quality of life.