Brazil

15/04/24

The genomes of Arabica coffee and its parents finally deciphered

An international collaboration, in which IRD played a major role, has established and studied the genome of Coffea arabica, the Arabica coffee plant, and its two parental species...

10/10/23

[Project Europe] An initiative to combine health and sustainability in East Africa and Amazonia

The MOSAIC project, led by Emmanuel Roux ( UMR Espace-Dev), was recently awarded funding from the European Union's " Horizon Europe" framework program for research and innovation...

07/08/23

The Manaus Declaration: Committed and shared research in Amazonia

Following a regional Amazon workshop held from July 3 to 5 in Manaus, Brazil, scientists from IRD and five Amazonian countries signed the "Manaus Declaration for committed and...

18/02/22

Amazon basin: using artificial intelligence to optimise international planning of hydroelectric dams

New methods of digital optimisation to improve international management of hydroelectric dams in the Amazon basin have been proposed in an international study, coordinated by...

23/08/21

AMAZOMIX campaign: Impact of physical processes on the marine ecosystem at the mouth of the Amazon

A multidisciplinary team of 17 French and Brazilian scientists will embark from August the 27th to October the 8th on board of the ANTEA, an oceanographic vessel of the French...