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Comparative measurements of carbon dioxide fluxes from two nearby towers in a central Amazonian rainforest: the Manaus LBA site [PDF]

, 2002
Forests around Manaus have staged the oldest and the longest forest-atmosphere CO2 exchange studies made anywhere in the Amazon. Since July 1999 the exchange of CO2, water, and energy, as well as weather variables, have been measured almost continuously ...
Araújo, A.C., Culf, A.D., Dallarosa, R., Elbers, J.A., Gash, J.H.C., Kabat, P., Kruijt, B., Manzi, A.O., Nobre, A.D., Randow, C., von, Stefani, P., Valentini, R.   +11 more
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The hidden agriculture of the Amazon forest

, 2020
The image of agriculture in the Amazon is often shaped by colonisation fronts encroaching on the forest. But other forms of agriculture such asthose practised by Amerindian peoples and traditional populations can help preserve the forest cover, subject to a long fallow cycle.
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Determining a Threshold to Delimit the Amazonian Forests from the Tree Canopy Cover 2000 GFC Data

Sensors, 2019
Open global forest cover data can be a critical component for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) policies. In this work, we determine the best threshold, compatible with the official Brazilian dataset, for establishing a
Kaio Allan Cruz Gasparini, Celso Henrique Leite Silva Junior, Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro, Egidio Arai, Luiz Eduardo Oliveira Cruz e Aragão, Carlos Alberto Silva, Peter L. Marshall   +6 more
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GOVERNANCE OF THE AMAZON FUND TO COMBAT DEFORESTATION IN THE AMAZON FOREST

Veredas do Direito
The objective of the article is to verify which characteristics of the Amazon Fund's governance would reduce its instability in the face of changes in government. The study is original and socially relevant, especially given the fact that Brazil is the world's largest recipient of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD ...
Naira Neila Batista de Oliveira Norte, Antônio Ferreira do Norte Filho, Danielle Costa de Souza Simas   +2 more
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Transport of North African dust from the Bodélé depression to the Amazon Basin: a case study [PDF]

, 2010
Through long-range transport of dust, the North-African desert supplies essential minerals to the Amazon rain forest. Since North African dust reaches South America mostly during the Northern Hemisphere winter, the dust sources active during winter are ...
I. Koren, M. O. Andreae, P. Artaxo, S. T. Martin, Y. Ben-Ami, Y. Rudich   +5 more
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Desafios e incentivos na adoção de sistemas agroflorestais: um estudo de caso com agricultores familiares do município de Belterra, Pará.

Sustentabilidade em Debate
A adoção de sistemas agroflorestais (SAFs) se mostra um desafio para agricultores familiares amazônicos. Assim, objetivou-se caracterizar aspectos socioeconômicos e compreender as perspectivas sobre os principais desafios e incentivos apontados ...
Daniela Pauletto, Lucieta Guerreiro Martorano, Marcelo Francia Arco-Verde, Relionan Pimentel Leal, Kaio Ramon de Sousa Magalhães, Ádria Fernandes da Silva, Anselmo Junior Correa Araujo, Lucas Sérgio de Sousa Lopes   +7 more
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On the certification of forest concession: non-governmental organizations, enterprises, and the construction of a new institutional frame for the development of the lumber industry in the Brazilian Amazon

Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas, 2011
The article discusses the construction process of forest certification in the Brazilian Amazon, emphasizing its importance for the new frame of lumber industry on that region.
Marcelo Sampaio Carneiro
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Synthesis of the land carbon fluxes of the Amazon region between 2010 and 2020

Communications Earth & Environment
The Amazon is the largest continuous tropical forest in the world and plays a key role in the global carbon cycle. Human-induced disturbances and climate change have impacted the Amazon carbon balance.
Thais M. Rosan, Stephen Sitch, Michael O’Sullivan, Luana S. Basso, Chris Wilson, Camila Silva, Emanuel Gloor, Dominic Fawcett, Viola Heinrich, Jefferson G. Souza, Francisco Gilney Silva Bezerra, Celso von Randow, Lina M. Mercado, Luciana Gatti, Andy Wiltshire, Pierre Friedlingstein, Julia Pongratz, Clemens Schwingshackl, Mathew Williams, Luke Smallman, Jürgen Knauer, Vivek Arora, Daniel Kennedy, Hanqin Tian, Wenping Yuan, Atul K. Jain, Stefanie Falk, Benjamin Poulter, Almut Arneth, Qing Sun, Sönke Zaehle, Anthony P. Walker, Etsushi Kato, Xu Yue, Ana Bastos, Philippe Ciais, Jean-Pierre Wigneron, Clement Albergel, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão   +38 more
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Modelling sustainable international tourism demand to the Brazilian Amazon [PDF]

The Amazon rainforest is one of the world’s greatest natural wonders and holds great importance and significance for the world’s environmental balance. Around 60% of the Amazon rainforest is located in the Brazilian territory.
Divino, J. A., McAleer, M.J.
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Changes in the Carbon Cycle of Amazon Ecosystems During the 2010 Drought [PDF]

, 2011
Satellite remote sensing was combined with the NASA-CASA carbon cycle simulation model to evaluate the impact of the 2010 drought (July through September) throughout tropical South America.
Castilla-Rubino, Juan Carlos, Genovese, Vanessa, Hiatt, Cyrus, Klooster, Steven, Potter, Christophera   +4 more
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