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Fire and Materials, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Timber plays a fundamental role in the fire performance of historic building components, where ageing and environmental exposure can markedly influence its physical and chemical properties. This study presents an experimental investigation of the fire behaviour of Ocotea sp.
João Vitor Lopes Ferreira +4 more
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Priority Areas for Establishing National Forests in the Brazilian Amazon
Ecology and Society, 2002 Brazil will benefit if it gains control of its vast Amazonian timber resources. Without immediate planning, the fate of much of the Amazon will be decided by predatory and largely unregulated timber interests. Logging in the Amazon is a transient process
Adalberto Veríssimo +3 more
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MEIO AMBIENTE CIBERNÉTICO E LICENCIAMENTO AMBIENTAL:
Revista Vianna Sapiens, 2018 Diante o cenário hodierno, com a presença da denominada “sociedade de informação”, na qual o ciberespaço fornece substrato material para a integração social, proporcionando a troca veloz de informações entre indivíduos e instituições, tem-se a possibilidade de destinar tais tecnologias em benefício à tutela ambiental.
Vâina Ágda Oliveira Carvalho +2 more
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Green swans and blue skies: Climate change and insolvency risk for financial institutions
International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.Abstract This lecture in honour of the late Gabriel Moss QC and Ian Fletcher QC examines the challenge of climate‐related financial risk. Prudential regulators and central banks recognize that the systemic nature of climate‐related financial risk makes it an emerging vulnerability relevant to cross‐border insolvency resolution.
Janis Sarra
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Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Serra da Jiboia, located in the south‐central region of Bahia, represents an important ecotone between the Atlantic Forest and the Caatinga and harbors high floristic diversity and numerous endemic species. The Bromeliaceae family, well represented in the region, stands out for its ecological importance and adaptability to various microenvironments ...
Everton Hilo de Souza +5 more
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Estudo da estabilidade química da magnetita utilizada como adsorvedor na remoção de compostos orgânicos de soluções [PDF]
Cerâmica, 2003 Um resíduo siderúrgico composto predominantemente por magnetita (Fe3O4) finamente dividida foi empregado como material adsorvedor não convencional na adsorção e fixação de compostos corantes orgânicos tóxicos.
N. Ortiz +3 more
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Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2021 As terras indígenas brasileiras formam o maior mosaico de áreas protegidas do país, sendo fundamentais para a conservação ambiental. Apesar disso, nem sempre foram alvo dos programas governamentais relacionados aos incêndios florestais.
Rodrigo de Moraes Falleiro +6 more
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Clarifying Public Policy for Stronger Public Administration in Development
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Public policy is ubiquitous, yet its meaning is often unclear. This ambiguity is not just conceptual. Because policy work is a large part of what public administrations do, how we define policy shapes how we structure and organize our administrative mechanisms.
Matt Andrews
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Brasil em númerosPublicado pela Editora Poisson.
Moura, Derick Martins Borges de +1 more
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The most threatened plants receive the least scientific attention
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Plants sustain all life, providing the energetic and structural basis of ecosystems, but they face a growing risk of extinction. Reversing this decline requires an understanding of how scientific knowledge is distributed among species, and identification of the biases and gaps that hinder effective responses to the threats they face. However, we reveal
Renon S. Andrade +3 more
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