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Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) analyzes the effectiveness of climate and energy policies around the world. We assess, diagnose, and support the efforts of policymakers to achieve low-carbon growth.
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EVENT
CPI Webinar: DETERring Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
May 29, 2013 9:00 a.m. PDT / 1:00 p.m. BRT
The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest. In Brazil, the forest originally occupied over four million km2 – an area ...
EVENT
CPI Webinar: The Policy Climate
May 14, 2013 8 am PDT / 11 am EST / 4 pm BST
This webinar shares the results of The Policy Climate, in which CPI offers an overview of policy issues relevant to ...
PUBLICATION
DETERring Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: Environmental Monitoring and Law Enforcement
May 8, 2013
We estimate that DETER-based environmental monitoring and law enforcement policies prevented the clearing of over 59,500 km2 of Amazon forest area from 2007 through 2011. Deforestation observed during this period totaled 41,500 km2 – 59% less than in the absence of the policy change. We also find that the policy change had no impact on agricultural production.
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How better monitoring and law enforcement saved 59,500 sq. km of the Amazon – an area the size of a small country
Clarissa Costalonga e Gandour also contributed to this piece.
The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest, but protecting it ...
PRESS RELEASE
Brazilian Monitoring and Law Enforcement Prevented over 59,500 sq. km of Amazon Deforestation
May 8, 2013
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Brazil’s efforts to better monitor forest clearings and enforce laws prevented the clearing of over ...