Research by the International Institute for Sustainability highlights challenges and opportunities for financial mechanisms to foster environmental conservation in the country's fastest-growing agricultural frontier.

The Land Innovation Fund and several partners discussed ways to promote responsible, low-carbon agriculture during a panel on sustainability at the largest agricultural fair in North and Northeastern Brazil.

Researchers from PUC-Rio's Center for Conservation Sciences and Sustainability (CSRio) explored more than 15 thousand km of the Cerrado biome and interviewed 60 farmers from the Matopiba region in an unprecedented study on the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices in the field.