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A Pentecostalização de Povos Tradicionais na Amazônia: aspectos conceituais para uma antropologia de identidades religiosas

open access: yesHorizonte, 2018
Este artigo é um trabalho de enquadramento conceitual, que suporta pesquisas etnográficas que enfocam a presença e a dinâmica religiosa do protestantismo-pentecostalismo na Amazônia.
Donizete Rodrigues   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The visible and invisible drivers of biocultural loss in the Amazon

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The Amazon is rapidly approaching an ecological tipping point driven by deforestation, forest degradation and global climate change. These are visible issues that receive increasing political and public attention. However, the accelerating biocultural loss in the Amazon, including the extinction of Indigenous languages, the disruption of ...
Torsten Krause   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rarity of monodominance in hyperdiverse Amazonian forests. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Tropical forests are known for their high diversity. Yet, forest patches do occur in the tropics where a single tree species is dominant. Such "monodominant" forests are known from all of the main tropical regions. For Amazonia, we sampled the occurrence
Alonso, Alfonso   +99 more
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Biosurfactant production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from mining waste: From genomic analysis to development of a polymeric composite for removal of hexavalent chromium

open access: yesPolymer International, EarlyView.
Biosurfactant was produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa using andiroba waste from Amazonia. A biosurfactant–alginate composite (Alg/BioS) was successfully synthesized via ionotropic gelation, and achieved up to 70% Cr6+ removal from water. Abstract Environmental contamination by heavy metals represents a significant challenge due to their persistence in ...
Paulo Diniz Austriaco   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nimuendajú, a Senhorita Doutora e os ‘etnógrafos berlineses’: rede de conhecimento e espaços de circulaçâo na configuraçâo da etnologia alemâ na Amazônia no início do século XX

open access: yesAsclepio: Revista de Historia de la Medicina y de la Ciencia, 2019
[pt] O artigo analisa a participação da zoóloga alemã Emília Snethlage (1868-1929), pesquisadora e depois diretora do Museu Goeldi, em Belém, Brasil, na rede de conhecimento que se estabeleceu no início do século XX na região amazônica, destinada à ...
Nelson Sanjad
doaj   +1 more source

Digitizing collections to unlock the full potential of palynology: A case study with the Smithsonian palynology collection

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Large palynological collections have been built over decades and contain vital information. However, they are often difficult to access and use effectively. What is the point of having such collections if they are not fully utilizable? To solve this problem, we digitized the Smithsonian palynological collection using both light and confocal microscopy.
Carlos Jaramillo   +37 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aspectos do Espaço Tupinambá no Leste Amazônico

open access: yesRevista de Arqueologia, 2008
Durante a análise dos sítios Cavalo Branco e Nova Ipixuna 3, no leste Amazônico, onde identifcou-se cerâmica Tupinambá3, começamos a comparar as semelhanças e diferenças referentes à indústria cerâmica, às dimensões e a densidade de material arqueológico
Fernando Ozório de Almeida   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reducing the deforestation of the Amazon through farming system intensification [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The Amazon has become the last Far West of the planet. Today, the attention is focused on some sectors in which the region plays a major role: the mineral richness of the soil - especially hydro fuels - biodiversity, climate change and the coca ...
Bommel, Pierre   +5 more
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An interdisciplinary review of the interplay of conflict, socio‐economic factors, and land cover and vegetation dynamics in Colombia

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Colombia's forests play a crucial role in preserving biodiversity and mitigating climate change, but they are currently facing severe degradation, particularly after the 2016 Peace Agreement. Our literature review highlights a growing research interest in this topic and demonstrates how interdisciplinary approaches combining diverse methods can enhance
Estefanía Muñoz   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Life cycle assessment of three scenarios of cahrcoal production in the eastern amazon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The Amazon forest is well known for its wealth of resources. There is a great abundance of iron ore and wood. This situation has promoted the development of pig iron industries based on charcoal for their thermal processes.
Caldeira-Pires, Armando   +2 more
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