Economy
SPECIAL BIOTA EDUCATION X
The value of nature
The importance of ecosystem services associated with biodiversity
HIGH IMPACT SCIENCE
The expansion of knowledge
FAPESP emboldens Brazil science and enhance its impact
Development
The Country side Economic Landscape
Road network intensified São Paulo’s countryside economic activity
By Redação
Cover
The Expansion of Knowledge
FAPESP’s new centers embolden Brazil’s science and enhance its impact
Economics
Trash and utopia
How the phenomenon of productive insertion works in times of crisis
By Redação
Entrepreneurship
Business emerges from the past
Entrepreneurial archeology plays an increasing role at construction sites
Silviculture
More cellulose per square centimeter
Transgenic eucalyptus has 20% higher productivity than the conventional tree
The Amazon
The new lands of the cities
Economists, architects and geographers want to help manage Pará’s cities
Natural Resources
Açaí: From the Ground to the Snack Bar
An increase in açaí's consumption exposes the difficulties of its extractivism
Economics
Iron and fire
Fábrica Real de Ferro de Ipanema left lessons about bold approaches
By Carlos Haag
CONSTRUCTION
Resistant gypsum
Blocks made from from fertilizer by-products are low-cost building option
Tropical ecosystems
Evolution written in lianas
Botanists use climbing plants to understand the origin of Brazilian forests
Maria da Conceição Tavares
Conceição’s influence
Economist gets Almirante Álvaro Alberto Award
The Dynamics of the economy
There is more to rural Brazil than just agriculture
Project shows that Brazil reduces the gap between the countryside and cities
People from the Amazon
The human factor
Brazil nuts may result from indigenous actions before Europeans
Development
The interior’s economic relief
Study maps industrial deconcentration in the State of São Paulo
Indicators
The illusion of equality
In spite of the decline of inequality, Brazil still faces serious social issues
By Carlos Haag
Telecommunications
Mobile connection
Increased percentage share of software for mobile telephony developed in Brazil
Energy scenarios
Bio-refineries of the future
Studies reveal forecasts about the share of ethanol in agriculture
Memory
The optimistic rebel
Economist Antônio Barros de Castro foresaw Brazil's needs and path
By Carlos Haag
Recombinant proteins
Health reagents
Company investigates the development of input for scientific research
Israel Klabin
Israel Klabin: Green capitalism
The former businessman discusses environmental future optimistically
By Carlos Haag
Anthropology
The economics of appearances
Plastic surgery reinforces the ideal of the body as social capital
By Carlos Haag
Culture
Less perspiration and more inspiration
The new way of change in the profile of production in cities