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ABSTRACT Wildland fires can be responsible for negative impacts on the environment, causing damage to the fauna and flora and increasing the release of greenhouse gases. In the state of Amazonas, wildland fires represent...

Gold mining plays a central role in Ghana’s national economy. However, conventional exploration approaches, particularly within artisanal and small‑scale mining sectors, often rely on trial‑and‑error methods ...

Habitat loss and fragmentation have been impacting ecosystem services essential for human survival. The Brazilian Atlantic rainforest, a biodiversity hotspot, has suffered from historical deforestation and, more recently...

Global value chains (GVCs) structure production across multiple countries, often resulting in environmental and human rights impacts beyond national borders. EU companies, through their business practices, may inadverten...

Na Amazônia, as taxas de desmatamento crescem desde 1991 e as previsões não são otimistas quanto à desaceleração desse processo. A devastação da floresta é acompanhada de uma expansão de florestas secundárias...

Com a introdução de óleo vegetal na cadeia produtiva do biocombustível no Brasil, é esperado o aumento da demanda por plantas oleaginosas e oferta de fibras vegetais resultantes da extração do óleo. Considerando ...

The increasing emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) due to industrialization and deforestation has accelerated global climate change, requiring the development of new technologies for CO2 capture and utilization. This study ...

Fil: Hincapié Granada, Herman Leandro. Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia; Colombia. El cultivo de aguacate viene creciendo dentro del mapa agropecuario del municipio de Apía, hasta el punto de convertirse en e...

Google Earth Engine is a cloud-based platform for planetary-scale geospatial analysis that brings Google's massive computational capabilities to bear on a variety of high-impact societal issues including deforestation, d...

Quantification of global forest change has been lacking despite the recognized importance of forest ecosystem services. In this study, Earth observation satellite data were used to map global forest loss (2.3 million squ...

Fil: Miranda, María Verónica. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes; Argentina. Los bosques de riberas son considerados bosques de alto valor de conservación debido a la función y servicios ambientales que brinda y benefic...

La presente investigación se desarrolló en un ambiente característico de las sierras Chicas de Córdoba, la Reserva La Quebrada. El objetivo del estudio fue describir la composición y diversidad de la comunidad herpe...

En los últimos 20 años se han producidos en el norte de la provincia de de Córdoba, cambios en la estructura agraria -uso, tenencia y distribución de la tierra-. Los cambios en el uso del suelo como desmonte para la ...

Abstract This contribution provides a brief description of the harvest of stingless bee honey by Creole people in the Chaco forest from the informal “meleo” which is the collection of bee colony products mostly ho...

Fil: Lapena, Jorge. Universidad Nacional de La Pampa. Facultad de Ciencias Humanas. Instituto de Geografía; Argentina. La creación del Parque Luro en el Departamento de Toay, provincia de La Pampa, se orientó a la pro...

Subjects / keywords: Deforestation; Colombia; Cattle trade; Environmental aspects; Beef industry; Supply chain management

Subjects / keywords: Deforestation; Sustainable development

Existem muitas preocupações ecológicas do impacto que a construção de grandes lagos na Amazônia podem provocar, principalmente relacionadas ao microclima. Este estudo visa aumentar o conhecimento científico sobre ...

Agricultural expansion and intensification has led globally to a rapid landscape structure change and high agrochemical use resulting in habitat loss and degraded environmental quality. Co-occurrence of landscape change ...

The significance of honey in the socio-economic livelihoods of rural and semi-urban populations is paramount, as it tackles issues such as unemployment, income, and ecosystem preservation. The decrease in the timber indu...

Radiometric changes observed in multi-temporal optical satellite images have an important role in efforts to characterize selective-logging areas. The aim of this study was to analyze the multi-temporal behavior of spect...

ABSTRACT Secondary forests account for more than half of the planet’s tropical formations. It is necessary to understand these forests in order to allow for efficient recovery and restoration processes of altered areas...

ABSTRACT This paper examines changes over time for a full generation of migrant settlers in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon (NEA). Data were collected from a 2014 household survey covering a subsample of households survey...

Fil: Grossi, Adriana. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes; Argentina. Este trabajo se realizó en el marco del Trabajo Final Integrador de la Especialización en Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable de la Universidad Naci...