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PECUÁRIA E DESMATAMENTO: MUDANÇAS NO USO DO SOLO EM RONDÔNIA

Oliveira, Samuel Jose de Magalhaes; Valentim, Judson … - Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural - SOBER - 2008

.--------------------------------------------The State of Rondônia, which is located in Brazilian Amazon, faces the debate between environmental conservation and expansion … expansion of the agricultural frontier in the Amazon Biome. …

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Extractive and Sustainable Development Reserves in Brazil: resilient alternatives to fisheries?

Lopes, Priscila; Silvano, Renato; Begossi, Alpina - In: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 54 (2011) 4, pp. 421-443

This study uses the socio-ecological resilience concept to compare two categories of fisheries co-management in Brazil: Extractive and Sustainable Development Reserves. Ecological resilience was estimated by the indicators: reserve areas, human density and the existence of buffer zones around...

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The Effect of Malaria on Settlement and Land Use: Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon

Zhang, Shufang; Castro, Marcia C.; Canning, David - 2011

We estimate the effect of malaria on settlement and land use patterns in the Brazilian Amazon, where potential settlers …

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Economic Causes of Deforestation in the Brazil Amazon: A Panel Data Analysis for the 2000s

Hargrave, Jorge; Kis-Katos, Krisztina - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. We estimate yearly panel data models (from 2002 to 2009) for 457 municipalities in the region …

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ESTIMATIVA DA CURVA DE KUZNETS AMBIENTAL PARA A AMAZÔNIA LEGAL.

Santos, Ricardo Bruno Nascimento dos; Diniz, Marcelo Bentes - Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural - SOBER - 2008

of the most important region in the environmental debate that is the Legal Amazon. The question itself, which is not … and as a dependent variable per capita GDP of 792 municipalities in the Legal Amazon, has been tested empirically what the …

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Knowledge management in businesses using service-oriented architecture – a practical implementation of Topic Maps using a case study of Amazon

Rao, Meghana; Daim, Tugrul U. - In: International Journal of Services, Economics and Management 2 (2010) 1, pp. 59-79

Amazon's software architecture as an example. …

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A SUSTENTABILIDADE DAS RESERVAS EXTRATIVISTAS PELA PERSPECTIVA DA ECONOMIA ECOLÓGICA

Cavalcanti, Francisco Carlos Da Silveira; Maciel, … - Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural - SOBER - 2008

a means of halting the deforestation in the Amazon as well. Once the RESEX are a result of political and social … suitable proposal for the conservation of the Amazon rainforest. The mobilization of the traditional populations has been …

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MUDANÇAS CLIMÁTICAS E O PROTOCOLO DE QUIOTO: IMPLICAÇÕES PARA INSERÇÃO DA REGIÃO AMAZÔNICA NO MERCADO DE CARBONO

Cavalcanti, Francisco Carlos Da Silveira; Mastrangelo, … - Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural - SOBER - 2008

(Tectona grandis L.f.) in the Amazon region, more specifically in the State of Acre, seeking the commercialization of carbon … credits concerning the Kyoto Protocol by the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). In the specific case of the Amazon region, it … commercialization, than the CER itself. For the conditions observed by small and medium rural producer, living in the Amazon region, in …

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Distance Friction and the Cost of Hunting in Tropical Forests

Siren, Anders H.; Cardenas, Juan-Camilo; Hamback, Peter; … - UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE - 2012

Empirical studies of tropical forest hunting have shown the existence of marked spatialgradients of hunting effort, game harvest, and animal abundance, as hunters mostlyhunt near villages, roads, and rivers. The mechanisms underlying these patterns have,however, hitherto been poorly known. This...

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Natural Partners: How People in Latin America Are Forging a New Relationship with Their Natural Environment Title: Aliados naturales: La gente de América Latina forja una nueva rel...

Hamilton, Roger - Inter-American Development Bank

The stories included in this volume were published originally in IDBAmérica and tell of new approaches the people of Latin America and the Caribbean are taking to protect the rainforest, reduce erosion, conserve marine life, create protected areas, and ensure a better future for themselves and...

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