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Organic Animal Husbandry in South America and Caribbean [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In the last decade, organic livestock has undergone major developments, especially in southern Latin America. The control of parasites and pathogenic microorganisms presents good results with actions that include adequate management, rustic breeds and ...
ESCOSTEGUY1, ANGELA
core  

Genomic structure and ex situ conservation of the North American grapevine Vitis labrusca

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The North American wild grapevine species Vitis labrusca is an important source of disease resistance and climate resilience traits for breeding new grapevine cultivars. To ensure its continued use in breeding, V. labrusca must be accurately identified and genetically diverse material must be conserved.
Zoë Migicovsky   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Open‐land‐derived agroforestry and effects of abandonment of management of the main crop on ecosystem services and woody plant diversity

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Tropical forests are rapidly declining. One promising strategy to reverse the loss of tropical forest is the establishment of agroforestry on open land. We combined interviews with biodiversity surveys to learn general lessons from success and nonsuccess stories of the establishment of open‐land‐derived coffee agroforests in one of the world's ...
Lucas M. Fonzaghi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of a Public Health Policy on Accessibility to Levodopa for People with Parkinson's Disease in Brazil

open access: yes
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Juliana dos Santos Duarte   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the Effects of Biodiesel Production on Sustainability: A Bayesian Two‐Stage Data Envelopment Analysis Approach

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable development transforms production systems, requiring integrated environmental, social, and economic strategies. Energy systems are key agro‐industrial supply chains in developing countries. Brazil's soybean supply chain impacts Gross Domestic Product, mainly through exports.
Aline Veronese da Silva   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Description of a new species of Thamnodynastes Wagler, 1830 (Serpentes, Colubridae) from northeastern Brazil, with comments on the genus

open access: yesPhyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 2002
Thamnodynastes almae sp. nov. is described based on three specimens from Rodelas Municipality, state of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil. The new species can be diagnosed by its pale coloration and keeled dorsal scales arranged in 19 rows at midbody and 15 ...
Francisco L. Franco   +1 more
doaj  

Achieving Carbon Neutrality Through Green Supply Chain Management, Eco‐Innovation, and Green Energy: The Moderating Effect of Green Finance

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 7, 9, 12, and 13, centered on affordable clean energy, industrial innovation, responsible production, and climate action, has gained momentum across Latin American economies. However, the region continues to face the dual challenge of achieving economic growth while mitigating rising carbon ...
Agyemang Kwasi Sampene   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Use of Forest Resources versus Economic Growth in Brazil: is possible to reach a balance? [PDF]

open access: yes
This article analyzes how forest resources have been used in Brazil since 1930, in an attempt to prove two hypotheses. The first hypothesis is that the destruction of our forests and the unsustainable use of the remaining forests have always been linked ...
Carlos Bacha
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Developing and Testing a Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Financial Tool

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) represents a paradigm shift in the provision of safely managed sanitation services with a framework of three outcomes—equity, safety and sustainability. There are several sanitation financial tools, but none of these fully address all CWIS outcomes. Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Financial Tool (CWIS‐FiT) is
Camila Silva Franco   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expansion of the Brazilian Sugarcane Bioenergy System Promotes Greenhouse Emission Reductions and Sustainable Development Without Compromising Food Security

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The growing global demand for biofuels has raised concern about compromising food security. This study uses two independent economy‐wide models to evaluate the impact of expanding the Brazilian sugarcane bioenergy system on economic growth, social outcomes and food security.
Angelo C. Gurgel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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