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Amazonia queer: vínculos homoafectivos en la sociedad tikuna
Relaciones InternacionalesEste artículo fue publicado originalmente con el título Queering Amazonia: Homo-affective Relations Among Tikuna Society, con la autoría de Josi Tikuna y Manuela Lavinas Picq. Josi Tikuna y Manuela Lavinas Picq (2016).
Josiane Tikuna, Manuela Lavinas Picq
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Effects of Climate Change in the Geographical Distribution of Species in the Rio Negro Sub-Basin
Entorno Geografico, 2018 As in the case of human systems, biodiversity can be affected by climate change and climate variability. The effect takes places through variations in temperature and precipitation expressed in space, which change habitat conditions, and determine ...
Wilmar Loaiza Ceron
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Urbanization and food transition in the Brazilian Amazon: From wild to domesticated meat
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Urbanization is expected to influence food transitions, resulting in a shift from wild foods to more domesticated foods. Concomitantly, food insecurity and urban demand for natural resources, including wildlife, are expected to increase overall, even when the per capita consumption is expected to decrease.
Willandia A. Chaves +7 more
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[A health survey in riverine communities in Amazonas State, Brazil].
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2018 Population-based health surveys are important tools for identifying disease determinants, especially in regions with widely dispersed populations and low health system coverage.
Abel Santiago Muri Gama +3 more
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Gender dynamics of tropical wildmeat systems: A systematic map of women's roles and influence
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Wildmeat is a vital natural resource globally, which must be managed sustainably to avoid livelihood insecurity, species decline and biodiversity loss. Women have a pivotal role in harvesting, processing and distributing wildmeat, yet their contributions are often overlooked.
Jasmin Willis Key +12 more
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The visible and invisible drivers of biocultural loss in the Amazon
People 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
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Enforcing environmental law in the Amazon
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract This article identifies the underlying obstacles to enforcement of laws against environmental crimes such as illegal logging, mining and ranching. With four departments (provinces) from Colombia as case studies, it assesses enforcement of the country's main environmental law, Law 2111, which is one of Latin America's strongest. The article has
Mark Ungar, Juan Corredor‐Garcia
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Sustainability, 2019 This article addresses the relationship between sustainable tourism and the use of renewable energy sources. To this end, we evaluate the spatial–temporal tourist flow evolution as well as the wind/solar energy potential in Cocachimba, which is located ...
F. Calderón-Vargas +2 more
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Polymer International, EarlyView.Magnetic alginate beads, functionalized with copper ferrite, effectively remove 17‐β‐estradiol from Amazonian water, exhibiting optimized 238.65 μg g−1 capacity, fast 40 min kinetics, easy recovery, and successful remediation. Abstract The presence of endocrine‐disrupting compounds, such as 17‐β‐estradiol, in aquatic ecosystems poses a significant ...
Dante S Silva +10 more
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