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Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões +2 more
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Oil Sparks in the Amazon [PDF]
, 2014 For decades, studies of oil-related conflicts have focused on the effects of natural resource mismanagement, with the attendant economic booms and busts, or clashes between rebels and ruling governments over hydrocarbon resources.
Vasquez, Patricia I. +1 more
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The metaverse: an analysis from a human rights perspective
Revista Jurídica Mario Alario D'filippoThis article explores the metaverse in depth, from the literature to the latest technology trends. Key concepts such as Web3, blockchain, AI, VR, AR, haptic technology and the IoT are examined, framing the metaverse as a new space for human and digital ...
Diana Peña Cuellar +2 more
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Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2019 Introduction: Cutaneous leishmaniasis is an infectious disease transmitted by phlebotomine sandflies and is considered a great environmental and public health problem.
Nelson Veiga Gonçalves +11 more
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Modeling Amazon Deforestation for Policy Purposes [PDF]
Brazil has long ago removed most of the perverse government incentives that stimulated massive deforestation in the Amazon in the 70s and 80s, but one highly controversial policy remains: Road building.
Clive W. J. Granger, Lykke E. Andersen
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Do More Open Economies Export Less Diversely in Brazilian Agribusiness?
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper asks whether municipalities with a larger export‐to‐revenue ratio display a more concentrated bundle of exported goods in Brazilian agribusiness. Recent advances in export imputation for Brazilian municipalities allow for an analysis of the concentration profile of each municipality and its association with export openness.
Alan Leal, Michelle Marcia Viana Martins
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, 2016 First it was a river. Then it was a bookstore. Then it sold power drills and pen refills. Now it's a movie studio inviting one and all to submit scripts and videos?
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Report on Austin-Amazon Copper Co. Tyrone, New Mexico
, 1917 Report on Austin-Amazon Copper Co. Tyrone, New Mexico.
Austin-Amazon Copper Company
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.A laser pointer‐guided robotic grasping method for arbitrary objects based on promptable segment anything model and force‐closure analysis is presented. Grasp generation methods based on force‐closure analysis can calculate the optimal grasps for objects through their appearances. However, the limited visual perception ability makes robots difficult to
Yan Liu +5 more
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Land Use and Transportation Costs in the Brazilian Amazon [PDF]
Transport infrastructure improvements are considered to be one of the most effective tools for stimulating economic activity; at the same time environmentalists have largely condemned most road building as being one of the greatest threats to tropical ...
Diana Weinhold, Eustaquio Reis
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