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Contested Identities: Urbanisation and Indigenous Identity in the Ecuadorian Amazon [PDF]
, 2015 This thesis is a study of indigenous urbanisation and ethnic identity in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Taking as its focus Shuar urban residents of the rainforest city Sucúa, it argues that urban indigenous residents feel simultaneously more and less ...
O'Driscoll, Emma
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Ruralité, ethnicité et montagne :
Revue de Géographie Alpine, 2009 In a Latin American context where indigenous populations have had to wait until the end of the XXth century to recover a certain visibility, the definition of Andean identity is still an issue.
Anne-Laure Amilhat Szary
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Colombia's forests play a crucial role in preserving biodiversity and mitigating climate change, but they are currently facing severe degradation, particularly after the 2016 Peace Agreement. Our literature review highlights a growing research interest in this topic and demonstrates how interdisciplinary approaches combining diverse methods can enhance
Estefanía Muñoz +13 more
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The TIPNIS Conflict in Bolivia
Contexto InternacionalSoon after the formation of the Plurinational State of Bolivia in 2009, the Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory (TIPNIS) became the epicentre of a conflict over the construction of a road, initiated by Evo Morales’s administration, that
Ana Carolina Delgado
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Rurality, ethnicity and mountain areas:
Revue de Géographie Alpine, 2009 In a Latin American context where indigenous populations have had to wait until the end of the XXth century to recover a certain visibility, the definition of Andean identity is still an issue.
Anne-Laure Amilhat Szary
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Past, present and future of local crop evolution
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Promoting agrobiodiversity is a promising strategy for mitigating the negative effects of climate change on global food security. We highlight the central role evolutionary processes play in harnessing the potential of local crops by integrating genomics, archaeology, ethnobotany and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).
Nataly Allasi Canales +6 more
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Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.Tree canopy height is a key indicator of forest biomass and structure, yet accurate mapping across the Amazon remains challenging. Here, we generated a canopy height map of the Amazon forest at ~4.8 m resolution using Planet NICFI imagery and a deep learning U‐Net model trained with airborne LiDAR data.
Fabien H. Wagner +21 more
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Social Sustainability in Circular Bioeconomy Business Models: Insights From Argentina
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research on circular bioeconomy business models (CBEBM) has largely prioritised environmental and economic aspects, leaving out the social pillar. To address this gap, this paper analyses to what extent and in what ways social sustainability is integrated into CBEBM, based on 12 cases from northern Argentina, a region with high potential for ...
Celina N. Amato +2 more
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De la tecnología orfebre precolombina a la colonial
Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines, 2013 There has been little research concerning the technical aspects of Colonial Andean silverwork, and even less study of the objects produced by native silversmiths at that time.
Luisa Vetter Parodi
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Global decarbonization has positioned lithium as a strategic mineral for electric vehicles, battery storage, and low‐carbon development. Yet its extraction raises serious environmental, political, and justice concerns that complicate dominant narratives of clean energy progress.
Jacob Kwakye
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