Deforestation in the Amazon
Palm species richness, latitudinal gradients, sampling effort, and deforestation in the Amazon region
... The Amazon region maintains a dynamic and suitable environmental heterogeneity for palms (Arecaceae) ...diversification. The Amazon has fewer threatened palm species than other Neotropical ...
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Risks of endemicity, morbidity and perspectives regarding the control of Chagas disease in the Amazon Region
... disease in the Brazilian Amazon - The risks of endemicity of Chagas disease in the Brazilian Amazon Region are listed below according to Coura et ...be the same ...
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BRAZILIAN FORESTRY LEGISLATION AND TO COMBAT DEFORESTATION GOVERNMENT POLICIES IN THE AMAZON (BRAZILIAN AMAZON)
... is the practice of influencing people, formed by this interest group, was highly persuasive in government debates about the new ...code. The caucus sought the support of other benches ...
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IMPACT OF RURAL SETTLEMENTS ON THE DEFORESTATION OF THE AMAZON
... Still in the ambit of the significant changes that have occurred in the Legal Amazon in recent years, it has been observed that in this period there has been a ...
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A method for estimating the deforestation timeline in rural settlements in a scenario of malaria transmission in frontier expansion in the Amazon Region
... to the spatial resolution (~ 60-m) of multispectral scanner satellite imagery obtained in ...1972-1981. The use of those images with a resolution that is lower than that of recent images might have ...
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Forest governance without transparency? Evaluating state efforts to reduce deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
... to the FOI law itself, or the design or timing of the current ...as the above comparative results show, general levels of compliance are much higher than those of the current ...that ...
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Rev. econ. contemp. vol.20 número3
... continuing deforestation, systemic socio-ecological factors impede spontaneous adoption of common-pool management by settlers in the Brazilian ...include the lack of bureaucratic capacity, ...
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Forests for markets: can a market ban on soybeans deter deforestation in the legal Amazon?
... to the literatures on deforestation policies, labelling and market ...crop in Brazil and the Soy Moratorium acts upon a well-established market, where producers are well integrated with ...
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Predicting Amazon Deforestation through the deterninants of demand for agricultural land
... Several interesting points are highlighted by the predictions from the estimated model. Most important is probably the assertion that economic activity in the Amazon is [r] ...
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Multi-stakeholder partnerships in agricultural commodity supply chains and deforestation-free commitments in the Amazon: a delicate balance
... concerns in the Amazon basin (UNODC, 2018). Although the PMV put proper mechanisms to mainstream, measure, and monitor its progress, significant gaps still exist in terms of ...
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Changes in the land cover and land use of the Itacaiunas River watershed, arc of deforestation, Carajas, southeastern Amazon
... illustrates the LCLU unchanged and “from-to” change detection classes based on a bi-temporal mosaic image ...analysis. The change detection between 1984 and 1994 indicated that unchanged forest was ...
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Perceptions of Amazonian deforestation in the British and Brazilian media
... The Amazon region contains the largest remaining area of continuous rainforest in the world and is considered a vital component in maintaining global ecosystem services (sensu ...
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Effects of deforestation pattern and private nature reserves on the forest conservation in settlement areas of the Brazilian Amazon http:www.biotaneotropica.org.brv1n12ptabstract?article+BN00101122001
... (or deforestation patterns in the first years of colonization) were considered (Figure 2): EDGE, where agriculture uses all the lot width, from the front (near the road) to ...
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José Rodrigues Coura+ , Angela CV Junqueira
... to the Brazilian Amazon Region and 10 of these were report- ed to be infected with ...(ii) The occurrences of various outbreaks of acute Chagas disease through oral transmission, since the end ...
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Estud. av. vol.20 número56
... is the first global factor of biodiversity destruction. The Atlantic Forest used to occupy an area of ...left. The same predatory cycle is being repeated in the ...Amazon. ...
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Avanço da Pecuária de Corte, o desmatamento na Amazônia Ocidental e o desenvolvimento / Advancing Beef Cattle, Deforestation in the Western Amazon, and Development
... O desenvolvimento rural da Amazônia Ocidental deu-se por meio de um processo de exploração dos recursos naturais renováveis e não renováveis, trazendo diversas mudanças ao meio ambient[r] ...
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Geointelligence against illegal deforestation and timber laundering in the Brazilian Amazon
... to the characteristics of the Southern Amazonas Mesoregion (Mesorregião Sul do Amazonas, MSA), conducting on-site surveys in all licensed forestry areas (Plano de Manejo Florestal, PMFS) is an ...
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Power plants and deforestation: recent evidence from the Amazon
... of the construction reflect economic mechanisms. HPPs are often built in remote areas with economies based on land or forestry activities, especially those built in the ...During the ...
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Federal enforcement and reduction of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
... confirms the expected result, showing that income increases with the expansion of activi- ties in the ...Then, the predominance of agriculture and cattle ranching in the ...
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Amazônia Legal : estudo da relação do desmatamento com a posse da terra no estado do Mato Grosso
... examines the relations between forest decrease and property legal security in Mato Grosso ...State. The study area encompasses 483.469 km² of Amazonian biome in the Mato Grosso State, ...
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