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EVASION: Prison Escapes and the Predicament of Incarceration in Rio de Janeiro

open access: yesCultural Anthropology, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 36-59, February 2023., 2023
ABSTRACT This article examines Brazil's project of incarceration through the figure of evasion (evasão)—the act of escaping prison custody, often temporarily. Evasion traces a path across the borders of captivity and freedom, as people routinely flee confinement, only to return of their own accord.
DAVID C. THOMPSON
wiley   +1 more source

AMAZONIA CAMTRAP: A data set of mammal, bird, and reptile species recorded with camera traps in the Amazon forest

open access: yesEcology, Volume 103, Issue 9, September 2022., 2022
Abstract The Amazon forest has the highest biodiversity on Earth. However, information on Amazonian vertebrate diversity is still deficient and scattered across the published, peer‐reviewed, and gray literature and in unpublished raw data. Camera traps are an effective non‐invasive method of surveying vertebrates, applicable to different scales of time
Ana Carolina Antunes   +158 more
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Tagging, ranging patterns, and behavior of franciscana dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei) off Argentina and Brazil: Considerations for conservation

open access: yesMarine Mammal Science, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 571-605, April 2022., 2022
Abstract The franciscana dolphin, Pontoporia blainvillei, is one of the most threatened cetaceans in the Southwestern Atlantic. Within their limited coastal range off Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil, franciscanas face human activities, including artisanal gillnet fishing and coastal development.
Randall S. Wells   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Density and habitat use of one of the last jaguar populations of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: Is there still hope?

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 12, Issue 1, January 2022., 2022
We evaluated the status of a jaguar population in one of the last stronghold habitats for its conservation in the Atlantic Forest, the Rio Doce State Park (RDSP). Our 2016/17 random survey revealed that jaguar density was the lowest obtained for the species across the Atlantic Forest.
Fernando Cesar Cascelli de Azevedo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Producing valuable information from hydrologic models of nature‐based solutions for water

open access: yesIntegrated Environmental Assessment and Management, Volume 18, Issue 1, Page 135-147, January 2022., 2022
Abstract Nature‐based solutions (NBS) are an increasingly popular approach to water resources management, with a growing number of projects designed to take advantage of landscape effects on water flow. As NBS for water are developed, producing hydrologic information to inform decisions often requires substantial investment in data acquisition and ...
Kate A. Brauman   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Covid‐19 in Brazil in an era of necropolitics: resistance in the face of disaster

open access: yesDisasters, Volume 45, Issue S1, Page S97-S118, December 2021., 2021
The Covid‐19 pandemic has been a massive disaster in Brazil, causing more than 350,000 deaths as of April 2021. Moreover, President Jair Bolsonaro suggested that already marginalised groups should take what came to them, as if they were an expendable surplus in his necropolitical perspective.
Renata Cavalcanti Muniz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Making Justice the Subject of Resettlement Planning

open access: yesAntipode, Volume 53, Issue 6, Page 1745-1766, November 2021., 2021
Abstract In development and conservation projects that induce displacement and resettlement, proponents increasingly focus on procedural justice. They assume that this focus leads to recognition of displaced people’s expressed needs and distributive justice. By critically applying Robert Lake’s conceptualisation of “justice as the subject of planning”,
Kei Otsuki
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A relação com o escrito nos kits de identidade de adultos em processos de reconhecimento e certificação de competências [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
No âmbito de um projeto de pesquisa centrado nas biografias de relação com o escrito de adultos envolvidos, em Portugal, em processos de Reconhecimento, Validação e Certificação de Competências - RVCC -, neste texto apresentam-se os dados relativos à ...
Castro, Rui Vieira de   +2 more
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REDD+ and forest protection on indigenous lands in the Amazon

open access: yesReview of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 207-219, July 2021., 2021
Abstract Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) was introduced by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as a mechanism to reverse the loss of forests and carbon stocks in developing countries. REDD+ operates on the basis of performance‐based payments.
Beatriz Garcia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

FUNDAMENTOS DEL PROYECTO DE VIDA EN EL DERECHO DEL TRABAJO: APORTES JURÍDICO- FILOSÓFICOS Y DOCTRINARIOS DESDE EL CASO PERUANO

open access: yesRevista de Direito do Trabalho, Processo do Trabalho e Direito da Seguridade Social, 2021
Este artigo propõe os fundamentos jurídico-filosóficos e doutrinários do projeto de vida no Direito do Trabalho, para tanto, iniciamos com uma revisão crítica da teoria do projeto de vida desenvolvida pelo Professor Carlos Fernandez Sessarego, em duas ...
Luis Alberto Quintana García
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