This paper presents a brief literature review concerning the costs and benefits of electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles, highlighting their advantages in terms of greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Even though electric and electro-hybrid vehicles must still overcome many cultural and...

This paper presents a brief literature review concerning the costs and benefits of electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles, highlighting their advantages in terms of greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Even though electric and electro-hybrid vehicles must still overcome many cultural and...

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....

Portuguese Abstract: Os efeitos das mudanças climáticas e os impactos negativos socioambientais da limitação e escassez de recursos naturais são preocupações cada vez mais evidentes e cotidianas no cenário global. A rápida aproximação de catástrofes ambientais ao cotidiano global e...

The genetic engineering techniques are essential in modern agriculture and, at the same time, demand regulation on several levels. The diffusion of planting genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has grown since 1996, notably in the United States, Argentina and Canada. In Brazil, the production...

Brazilian agriculture has undergone a process of transformation in recent decades, being featured on the world agricultural production at both the production and productivity. The United States are characterized as highlighted in the agricultural world, therefore, is a reference for comparison...

The Brazilian agriculture has an international recognition for producing and exporting many products, but at the same time that Brazil has inserted into a modern agribusiness production chains, many farmers are in a situation of rural poverty, producing only for subsistence. This phenomenon of...

Technological innovation is considered an increasingly important factor for the sustainable use of natural resources. With technology, it may be possible to maintain the quantity produced of a given good by reducing pressure on the environment. However, the gain in efficiency in the direct use...

The interaction between the sea and the economy gives this environment enormous strategic importance. The forms of economic exploitation are diverse and include sectors such as energy, fishing, tourism, transportation, biotechnology, and shipbuilding. For Brazil, country with an extensive...

Innovation with environmental dimension or eco-innovation became a central element in discussions on economic and social development and growing environmental issues arising from human action, as on green economy or green growth debate. With this motivation, this article reviews the relationship...