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Health, biodiversity, and natural resource use on the Amazon frontier: an ecosystem approach
Cadernos de Saúde PúblicaThis study aims to improve the health of rural Amazonian communities through the development and application of a participatory ecosystem approach to human health assessment. In the study area marked seasonal fluctuations dictate food availability, water
Tamsyn P. Murray, José Sánchez-Choy
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Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.Bauxite mining in the Amazon alters mosquito communities, favouring anthropophilic and generalist vectors while reducing species diversity and the variety of blood meal sources. Molecular analyses identified humans, tapirs and deer as the primary blood meal sources.
Mayron Mielly Morais Pacheco +8 more
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Bad goat, good business: byproducts bring big gains for watershed restoration [PDF]
, 2013 2 pagesRestoration contractors in western Montana are fostering ecosystem services on private lands while offering a variety of services to landowners. One such business, Watershed Consulting, LLC, has developed a successful business model that centers ...
University of Oregon. Ecosystem Workforce Program
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Revista Brasileira de Cartografia, 2014 Remote sensing is a key tool for studying the tropical Amazonian forests, which have a substantial role on the global climate system and on the carbon and water cycles.
João Roberto dos Santos +2 more
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Plant, Cell &Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The formation of air bubbles in the xylem, known as embolism, reduces hydraulic conductivity and can ultimately lead to catastrophic failure of a tree's water transport system. When a vessel embolises, it releases water into the surrounding xylem tissue.
Arne Scheire +15 more
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Cadernos de Saúde PúblicaThis article deals with methodological issues and how to link global processes - social and ecological - with environmental changes and human health in local communities.
Maj-Lis Follér
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R&D Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research on strategic alliances often treats supplier capability development as an outcome, but rarely asks which capabilities are built or what they can be used for. We address this through an embedded single‐case study of a lead‐firm‐orchestrated network in the Brazilian Amazon, comprising six community‐based enterprises (CBEs) supplying ...
Renata Elaje Azevedo da Mota Carmona Chaves +2 more
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Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.Abstract Introduction The restoration of mining‐degraded riparian forests faces challenges due to structural, compositional, and functional impacts on these ecosystems. The demand for effective monitoring requires an understanding of how ecological indicators have been applied to assess post‐mining restoration success.
Marcele F. Pereira +6 more
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Ecosystem Workforce Project Curriculum 1997
, 1997 486 p.The goal of this curriculum is to create an educational resource that is practical, flexible, and helpful to hard-working, dedicated, lifelong learners in the forest/ecosystem management industry.
Ecosystem Workforce Development Curriculum Team
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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The 2023 European Union Regulation on Deforestation‐free Products (EUDR) is a transnational regulation aimed at addressing forest loss along the value chains of forest‐risk commodities. Grounding our analysis in new institutional theory with distinct behavioral drivers explaining actor behavior, and using qualitative methods, we draw on the ...
Mathias Cramm +11 more
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