Foundation president, Harvey Fineberg, and chairman emeritus and co-founder, Gordon Moore, discuss the Statement of Founders’ Intent with staff.
With partial support from the Moore Foundation, Woods Hole Research Center recently co-authored a study that showed the climatological impact of the deforestation taking place in the Cerrado region of Brazil. The study shows dramatic deforestation already widespread in the Amazon, has also been greatly affecting the neighboring Cerrado for several years; seeing cropland rapidly replacing native vegetation.
Read more about this study in The Washington Post, or Science Daily.
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Woodwell Climate Research Center, Inc.
$1,402,711
36 months
Improved understanding of ecosystem responses to changing climate, fire and land use in the Western Amazon.
Sep 2012
