Amazonian seeds of a sustainable DIY

Abstract

"Science, education and innovation for an environmentally wholesome, economically prosperous and socially fair Amazonia." With this mission IPAM, the Amazon Institute for Environmental Research (http://ipam.org.br/), a scientific, non-governmental and non-profit institution has been, over the last twenty years, has been implementing projects and actions that seek to promote sustainable development in Amazonia, combining environmental, social and economic spheres.

We talked to Osvaldo Stella, director of IPAM's Climate Changes Program, which implements projects aimed at creating development and production models based on maintaining the forest standing and the recovery of degraded areas, coupled to payment systems for environmental services. By the example of IPAM, we wanted to understand how can be prepared the scene where practices Do It Yourself may be developed in the Amazonian region. Both in funding management, as in the implementation of projects and technology transfer for communities in vulnerable situations.