Lara Caccia

Natural Infrastructure for Water in Campinas (SP) and Region

Natural infrastructure can be a vital addition to water systems. They can make these systems more resilient, effective, and cost-effective to maintain. With the right data, decision-makers can develop informed strategies for how to integrate natural infrastructure into their water systems.  This report explores the costs and benefits of natural infrastructure in the Metropolitan Region…

Natural Infrastructure for Water in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte

Natural infrastructure offers many opportunities to improve water quality and create other benefits for metropolitan areas. Cities4Forests has developed a methodology to help cities identify investment opportunities for natural infrastructure that will benefit their utilities and residents.  The study focuses on identifying the best uses of ecosystem services to avoid sedimentation and its impacts on…

Fostering a Bioeconomy in the Brazilian Amazon 

This project aims to detangle unsustainable practices from economic growth in the Brazilian Amazon. This will be achieved by building a strong economy that relies on activities that don’t disrupt the forest biocapacity or threaten cultural and social diversity, also known as a “bioeconomy.” Opportunity The Brazilian Amazon’s current development path is unsustainable. Its economy…