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The negative influences of the new brazilian forest code on the conservation of riparian forests [PDF]

, 2017
More than one million hectares of riparian forests were degraded or altered in Mato Grosso State (Brazil) up to 2009. The aim of the research is to set a comparative scenario to show differences in the quantification of environmental ...
Angeoletto, Fabio, Bohrer, Joao F.C., Candido, Anny Keli A. A., da Silva, Normandes M, Paranhos Filho, Antonio C, Santos, jeater W.M.C., Vacchiano, Marcelo C   +6 more
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Is the Implementation of Cocoa Companies' Forest Policies on Track to Effectively and Equitably Address Deforestation in West Africa?

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tropical forests play a crucial role in achieving the sustainable development goals by contributing to climate stability, conserving biodiversity and sustaining livelihoods. However, forests are disappearing due to agricultural expansion. In West Africa, cocoa production is a major driver of deforestation.
Thomas Addoah, Joss Lyons‐White, Federico Cammelli, Keessy Maria‐Prisca Kouakou, Sophia Carodenuto, William J. Thompson, Cécile Renier, Rachael D. Garrett   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identificação das assinaturas temporais NDVI das principais fisionomias da região do Ecomuseu do cerrado [PDF]

, 2007
A Savana brasileira, conhecida como Cerrado, é o principal tipo de vegetação no Brasil Central, cobrindo aproximadamente 23% do território nacional. É formado por um mosaico de coberturas como campestres, arbustiva e florestal, e apresenta uma fenologia ...
Carvalho Júnior, Osmar Abílio de, Couto Júnior, Antônio Felipe, Imaña Encinas, José, Martins, Éder de Souza   +3 more
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Pathways for recent Cerrado soybean expansion: extending the soy moratorium and implementing integrated crop livestock systems with soybeans

Environmental Research Letters, 2019
The Brazilian Soy Moratorium has effectively reduced forest conversion for soybeans in Amazonia. This has come at the expense of the region’s pasturelands, which have increasingly ceded space for compliant soy expansion.
Lucy Nepstad, J. Gerber, Jason D. Hill, L. C. Dias, M. H. Costa, P. West   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Global patterns and gaps in the study of terrestrial birds and mammals' use of freshwater sources: a mapping review

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Water availability strongly influences the ecology of terrestrial birds and mammals. It will likely play an increasing role as a limiting factor as climate change and human demand make water availability scarcer. However, we lack a knowledge synthesis describing our current understanding of the use of water sources, particularly for wildlife hydration.
Carlos M. Delgado‐Martínez, Melanie Kolb, Fermín Pascual-Ramírez, Eduardo Mendoza   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Portable X‐Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry in the Investigation of Coastal Rock Art at the Pedra do Maçaranduba Site (Piauí, Brazil)

X-Ray Spectrometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to understand the composition and application of red rock art from the Pedra do Maçaranduba archaeological site, located on the coast of Piauí (Brazil). This is a pioneering study of archaeological rock art sites found in the coastal region of Brazil.
Nayara Martins Bezerra Lima, Benedito Batista Farias Filho, Igor José Gomes da Silva, Francisco Eroni Paz dos Santos, Marleane Maria Felix de Azevedo, Wilkins Oliveira de Barros   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Agricultura Familiar e Desenvolvimento Territorial Rural: experiências e desafios da política pública no Sudoeste Goiano

Redes, 2017
Atualmente, as políticas destinadas a promover o desenvolvimento rural passam pela abordagem do Território como elemento importante, entendendo o agricultor como um agente social desse espaço.
Divina Aparecida Leonel Lunas, Hamilton Matos Cardoso Júnior, Camila Vito Silva de Lima   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conservation of the Cerrado from the valorization of socio-biodiversity products: the importance of production chains and local marketing channels [PDF]

, 2019
The Cerrado occupies an area of about 20 million km2 (approximately 20% of the Brazilian territory), being the second largest national biome and the richest savanna in biodiversity of the planet. Although it covers three regions of the country (Northeast,
Afonso, Sandra, Diniz, Janaina, Guéneau, Stéphane   +2 more
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Below the leaves: Integrating above‐ and below‐ground phenology for earth‐system predictability

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Almost every aspect of biological systems has phenology—a pattern in activity or function linked to annual cycles. Most terrestrial phenology research focusses on leaves, the onset of leaf out or senescence.
Kendalynn Morris, Richard Nair
wiley   +1 more source

Dimensões da construção e execução do projeto político pedagógico: um estudo de caso

Educação (Santa Maria. Online), 2017
O Projeto Politico Pedagógico (PPP) é uma importante ferramenta, articulada a outras, para a construção da educação de qualidade. Deve englobar a comunidade, os alunos e o corpo de funcionários da escola. Este artigo apresenta resultados de uma pesquisa
Hamilton Matos Cardoso Júnior, Priscilla Fabiane de Brito, Divina Aparecida Leonel Lunas, Thiago Weslei de Almeida Sousa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source