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Microbiome resilience of Amazonian forests: Agroforest divergence to bacteria and secondary forest succession convergence to fungi. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol, 2023
In Amazon, secondary succession is the natural process to recover the ecosystem after burning the forest. It begins with the recovery of plant biomass and the increased importance of fungal communities in the soil. Agroforestry is a proposed alternative to fire, attempting to mimic the forest with benefits such as increased biodiversity, soil fertility,
Leite MFA, Liu B, Gómez Cardozo E, Silva HRE, Luz RL, Muchavisoy KHM, Moraes FHR, Rousseau GX, Kowalchuk G, Gehring C, Kuramae EE.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

SARS-CoV-2 Detection and Persistence in a Remote Amazonian Settlement. [PDF]

J Trop Med
Background COVID‐19 continues to pose a major global health challenge. Despite its geographic distance from Brazil’s major urban centers, Acre state has experienced notable outbreaks. This study assessed the detection and persistence of SARS‐CoV‐2 in the rural settlement of Santa Luzia, located in the remote municipality of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre state,
Silva GM, Ilacqua RC, Gonçalves FG, Santana CM, Jordão FT, Prist PR, Nolan MS, Brilhante AF, Sperança MA, Laporta GZ.   +9 more
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Economic Impact of Allergic Diseases and Asthma-The HEAD Pan-European Registry. [PDF]

Allergy
This registry‐based study demonstrates the substantial economic burden of allergic diseases across Europe with a high degree of heterogeneity between countries. Treatments and specialist visits are the primary drivers of healthcare costs. Asthma poses the highest disease burden.
Agache I, Torres M, Eguiluz-Gracia I, Bradatan E, El Abd K, Bilo MB, Rivolta F, Sangalli A, Bumbacea R, Ali S, Antolin D, Cuenda ÁCL, Albéndiz V, Oliveira MM, Nogueira PJ, Carmona L, HEAD Study Group.   +16 more
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Association of Behavioral and Socioeconomic Factors With Sexually Transmitted Infection Positivity in Vulnerable Women From a Neotropical Setting. [PDF]

Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis
Background Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) represent a global public health concern, particularly among vulnerable populations. In Brazil, women from quilombola, Roma, and rural communities face increased risks due to socioeconomic and cultural conditions that exacerbate susceptibility to these infections.
Côra GR, Ross JR, Vidal FCB, Diniz IJL, Moura MES.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The comparative performance of land sharing, land sparing type interventions on place‐based human well‐being

People and Nature, Volume 5, Issue 6, Page 1804-1821, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Environment‐facing interventions impact the distribution, use of and access of natural resources and have important implications for all dimensions (material, relational, quality of life) of human well‐being (HWB). Yet conventional impact metrics routinely surpass the non‐material impacts which may be particularly salient in rural contexts ...
Rachel Carmenta, Angela Steward, Adrielly Albuquerque, Renan Carneiro, Bhaskar Vira, Natalia Estrada Carmona   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integration of qualitative and quantitative methods for land‐use‐change modeling in a deforestation frontier

Conservation Biology, Volume 36, Issue 6, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Development and implementation of effective protected area management to reduce deforestation depend in part on identifying factors contributing to forest loss and areas at risk of conversion, but standard land‐use‐change modeling may not fully capture contextual factors that are not easily quantified.
Katherine Siegel, Aldo Farah Perez, Eva Kinnebrew, Megan Mills‐Novoa, José Ochoa, Elizabeth Shoffner   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protected areas still used to produce Brazil's cattle

Conservation Letters, Volume 15, Issue 6, November/December 2022., 2022
Abstract Cattle production inside Brazil's protected areas (PAs), including indigenous lands, continues to contaminate Amazonian supply chains more than a decade after efforts to reform the sector were launched with the signing of the zero‐deforestation cattle agreements (CAs).
Thales A. P. West, Lisa Rausch, Jacob Munger, Holly K. Gibbs   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of agroforestry in restoring Brazil's Atlantic Forest: Opportunities and challenges for smallholder farmers

People and Nature, Volume 4, Issue 2, Page 462-480, April 2022., 2022
Abstract Restoring the degraded Atlantic Forest is one of the biggest conservation challenges in Brazil. In a biome with high human presence, understanding the potential for restoration approaches, such as agroforestry, to provide benefits to smallholder farmers and biodiversity is essential in developing equitable restoration strategies.
Yara Shennan‐Farpón, Morena Mills, Aline Souza, Katherine Homewood   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Large‐Scale Assessment of Soil Physical Quality of Rural Settlements in the Southeast of Goiás, Brazil

Applied and Environmental Soil Science, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Land use and soil physical quality are related. In this work, the S index was used to evaluate the physical quality of the soils of three rural settlement units located in the Brazilian Cerrado, with areas ranging from 700 to more than 4000 hectares, based on a novel method. To map the S index, a set of pedotransfer functions for water retention curves
Anderson Rodrigo Da Silva, Wênio Vieira, Ítalo Rômulo Mendes de Souza, Fedor Lisetskii   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How to become innovative: The trajectory of social assistance programs in Brazil

Latin American Policy, Volume 12, Issue 1, Page 97-115, May 2021., 2021
Abstract This article proposes a theoretical framework to analyze conditional cash transfer programs, as the result of a process of social policy innovation in Brazil. The analysis reveals a traceable process of innovation behind the creation of two of these programs, Bolsa Família and Bolsa Verde.
Helder Ferreira do Vale
wiley   +1 more source