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Social Innovation by Tourism Strategy in the Western Amazon
International Journal of Advanced Engineering Research and Science, 2018 This work concerns the strategies of social innovation focused on the concept of inbound tourism and hospitality in Rondonia State, Brazil. The general objective is to study the main strategies for qualifying as a tourist attraction. The specific objectives are to: point out the strategic elements to (1) qualify the facilities for inbound tourism and ...
Sâmia Laise Manthey Benevides +4 more
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Gender dynamics of tropical wildmeat systems: A systematic map of women's roles and influence
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Wildmeat is a vital natural resource globally, which must be managed sustainably to avoid livelihood insecurity, species decline and biodiversity loss. Women have a pivotal role in harvesting, processing and distributing wildmeat, yet their contributions are often overlooked.
Jasmin Willis Key +12 more
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Occurrence of aquatic macroinvertebrates in an extrativist reserve of brazilian Amazon
Revista de Biologia Neotropical, 2019 Freshwater invertebrates occupy important roles in ecological processes and are frequently used as indicators of water quality. Their existence, however, is still obscure in many regions of the country, i.e.
Diego Ferreira Gomes +3 more
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Brazil’s Deferred Highway: Mobility, Development, and Anticipating the State in Amazonia [PDF]
, 2012 Four decades ago, Brazilian officials plotted designs for colonization and resource extraction in Amazonia; subsequently the region has become a test-lab for successive development regimes. Along the Santarém-Cuiabá Highway (Br-163) in the state of Pará,
Campbell, Jeremy M.
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Amazon Plume in the Western Tropical North Atlantic
Measurements of temperature and salinity in the Amazon River plume in the open ocean of the western tropical North Atlantic are considered. The measurements were carried out using the AML CTD probe in the upper layer and a flow-through system that measures salinity and turbidity of seawater while the vessel is on the way.
Eugene G. Morozov +3 more
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The visible and invisible drivers of biocultural loss in the Amazon
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract The Amazon is rapidly approaching an ecological tipping point driven by deforestation, forest degradation and global climate change. These are visible issues that receive increasing political and public attention. However, the accelerating biocultural loss in the Amazon, including the extinction of Indigenous languages, the disruption of ...
Torsten Krause +5 more
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Anemophilus fungi in the western Brazilian Amazon basin.
Allergologia et immunopathologia, 1989 The prevalence of anemophilus fungi was studied in three small towns located at the Brazilian border with Colombia and Venezuela (a hot and humid zone) during the month of July. On a single collection carried out in different spots, colonies were cultivated which could be attributed to eighteen different species of anemophilus fungi with predominance ...
S A, Pecher +2 more
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REGENERATION OF WOOD SPECIES IN THE WESTERN AMAZON
Revista Agroecossistemas, 2020 La regeneración natural representa una acción del bosque importante para el mantenimiento y la renovación de la composición florística. En los planes de manejo su conocimiento se hace necesario para orientar prácticas culturales. En este sentido, el presente trabajo objetivó caracterizar la composición, el stock y dinámica de especies de valor maderero
Sccoti, Marta Silvana Volpato +3 more
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Nutritional Status Of Children In Rondônia, Western Brazilian Amazon
ISEE Conference Abstracts, 2015 Introduction. This report is part of a larger study designed to evaluate the impact brought by economic and social changes on the general health and nutritional status of pre-school children.
Mônica Pereira Lima Cunha +4 more
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Population dynamics, delta vulnerability and environmental change: comparison of the Mekong, Ganges–Brahmaputra and Amazon delta regions [PDF]
, 2016 Tropical delta regions are at risk of multiple threats including relative sea level rise and human alterations, making them more and more vulnerable to extreme floods, storms, surges, salinity intrusion, and other hazards which could also increase in ...
Brondizio, Eduardo +11 more
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