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Paula Scheidt Manoel
Paula Scheidt is a Brazilian journalist specializing in climate change and sustainability. She is responsible for the editorial concept of CarbonoBrasil Portal – www.carbonobrasil.com, a journalistic website focusing on climate change, carbon markets, clean energies and sustainable development, where she has been working as editor since 2004. She lives in Florianópolis, Brazil, and has a Bachelor’s diploma in Journalism from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Scheidt is currently doing academic research on environmental news for two local newspapers as part of the Master’s degree in Urbanism, Architecture and History of Cities that she started in 2008 at UFSC.
Posts by Paula Scheidt Manoel
Gorilla ambassador demands bushmeat controls
2 commentsUN ambassador for the International Year of Gorillas, Ian Redmond, highlighted problems with the bushmeat trade during the World Forestry Congress. He highlighted strong links to the loss of biodiversity. This would reduce the resilience of the forest in adverse climate conditions due to be more common on a warmer planet.
»Study analyses the role of businesses on deforestation
No commentsAn English Foundation has mapped the production of key global commodities – soy, beef, palm oil, timber and biofuels – to show companies the risks associated with business forest footprints and to convince them to act with environmental responsibility.
Deforestation is responsible for 17.4% of global greenhouse gas emissions according to the chief scientific body on climate change.
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