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Themes
Instituto Escolhas acts in relevant and urgent themes for the establishment of a sustainable society.
Here you can browse through our publications and initiatives according to the thematic in which they are inserted.
Land Use
Instituto Escolhas produces studies that quantify the environmental impacts from land use by the cattle farming chain and other agriculture branches. Our research also investigates the economic and productive potential of sustainable practices in this field and how public resources could be used to strengthen it.
News
To meet climate commitment, Brazil needs to revise the BRL 32 billion foreseen to support the agricultural sector
During the COP28 meeting, Brazil reinstated its commitment to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 48.4% until 2025. But to achieve this goal, the country urgently needs to transform its relationship with the agricultural sector, whose expansion is the...
Land tenure and environmental issues in Amazonas state could be resolved by allocating 85.5 million acres of public lands
In the state of Amazonas alone, more than 34 million hectares (84 million acres) of land could potentially be set aside for the creation of protected areas. This is what our most recent publication, Same game, new rules: a land...
Brazil has 1 million hectares of forests to restore in rural settlements resulting from the agrarian reform
Restoring 1 million hectares of Permanent Preservation Areas (APPs), combining agroforestry production and natural regeneration in rural settlements. This is the proposal of Instituto Escolhas, which points out two strategies: implement Agroforestry Systems (SAFs) in 500 thousand hectares of...