From the negotiations of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, environmental issues become ever more applicants in the international agenda and in the various multilateral agendas, not just as questions of environmental protection, but mainly sustainable development,...

From the negotiations of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, environmental issues become ever more applicants in the international agenda and in the various multilateral agendas, not just as questions of environmental protection, but mainly sustainable development,...

Spanish Abstract: El Comercio Justo es una propuesta que incluye el proceso productivo y de consumo. Objetivo: identificar las características del Comercio Justo. Metodología: tiene dos partes, una revisión de literatura y un trabajo de campo en organizaciones productivas y de comercio....

Environmental value - an institutional- ecological heterodox perspective - This article discusses an environmental valuation perspective, based on heterodox foundations, in an approach here called institutional-ecological. First, it is identified the main limits of neoclassical approach and its...

This paper looks at the question of whether subsistence level/indigenous people place a value on the preservation of ecosystems independent of direct impacts of environmental change, such as impacts on their health or production activities. A survey was conducting of rainforest communities who...

The present study presents a review of works that carried out financial analysis of integrated systems, with an emphasis on SAFs. The study was motivated by the realization that the potential of integrated systems, as an efficient alternative to large-scale cultivation systems, is an issue that...

The present study presents a review of works that carried out financial analysis of integrated systems, with an emphasis on SAFs. The study was motivated by the realization that the potential of integrated systems, as an efficient alternative to large-scale cultivation systems, is an issue that...

The Price-Support Policy for Biodiversity Derived Products (PGPMBIO) aims to reduce income variations for extractivists and to support the valorization of their products. In exchange, the extractivists, by using their traditional, reduced impact exploitation techniques, contribute to the...

The Environmental Conservation Support Program - Green Grant (Bolsa Verde - BV) is focused on the poor rural people residing in priority areas defined by the Brazilian federal government, such as sustainable use protected areas, environmentally differentiated settlement projects and areas...

This work was developed in accordance with the principles of the international TEEB framework and is entitled The economics of ecosystems and biodiversity in Brazil (TEEB Brazil): gap analysis. Its main goal is to foster a better understanding of the economic value of Brazil's biodiversity and...