From the Amazon Basin to equatorial Africa and Asia, some of the world’s largest and most biodiverse habitats are facing unprecedented threats. Environmental crime has gone global, posing existential risks not just to some of the world’s signature biomes but also to the international quest…

It can seem like climate change affects all communities equally

It all began with a bureaucratic assignment on Jan. 12, 1830.

A regional ecosystem of crime has spread to 24 states and 254 cities throughout Brazil A new study by the Igarapé institute analyzing more than 300 Federal Police operations between 2016 and 2021 found that environmental crime in the Amazon region is not only organized…

Nearly half (45%) of Federal Police interventions from 2010-2021 targeted illicit acts on protected areas and indigenous lands   A new study by the Igarapé institute analyzing more than 300 Federal Police operations between 2016 and 2021 found that environmental crime in the Amazon region…

Groundbreaking research by the Igarapé Institute analyzes the determinants of re-entry into the Brazilian prison system The Igarapé Institute has published a systematic review of the Brazilian academic literature that seeks to understand the main vulnerabilities individuals face at different stages of their interaction with…

Agriculture has come a long way in the twenty-first century.

Any hope of keeping global temperatures under 2C depends on the acceleration of radical climate action – including in the world’s forests.

Exhaustive field research from Peru highlights the ways in which criminal actors and networks are contributing to illegal deforestation and environmental degradation   Peru’s 70 million hectares of rainforest are being razed at an alarming rate. In 2020, the country saw a record 203,000 hectares…

Peru’s 70 million hectares of rainforest are being razed at an alarming rate. In 2020, the country saw a record 203,000 hectares destroyed, a nearly 40 percent jump from 2019.   “The roots of environmental crime in the Peruvian Amazon” is the second in a…