The team of the Global Comparative Study on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (GCS REDD+), led by CIFOR-ICRAF and in partnership with the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Centro de Inteligência Territorial (CIT), and the Governor’s Climate and Forests Task Force (GCFTF), is pleased to announce the official launch of the Online Deforestation and Carbon Emissions Platform for Brazil. 

This interactive tool allows its users to model deforestation and carbon emissions scenarios across Brazil’s Amazonia and Cerrado biomes until 2030. The launch of these scenarios provides timely support for policy makers and stakeholders working to reverse deforestation trends and update the national REDD+ strategy for Brazil (ENREDD+). The platform also calculates carbon credits in accordance with the Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) methodology.

Following the presentation there will be a panel discussion bringing together key actors from the public and non-profit sectors to discuss the how science and politics can intersect to support informed decisions about deforestation and climate change.

Join us for this sixth national ‘Science-Policy Dialogue’ of the GCS REDD+ programme in Brazil. Your voice and participation are invaluable in co-creating relevant, impactful policies to reverse deforestation and forest degradation.

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Funding partners supporting this research include the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), the International Climate Protection Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (CRP-FTA) with financial support from CGIAR Fund donors.