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Forests and people: safeguarding the natural heritage in Brazilian Amazon by García Fernandez, C., Shanley, P.

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A typological characterization of cocoa farmers in the Amazon region of Colombia based on biophysical and cultural variables by Melo Zipacon, William Felipe, Taborda Lozada, Darlley Stiven, Blanco-Gutiérrez, Irené

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Is the formalization of collective tenure rights in the Peruvian Amazon supporting sustainable Indigenous livelihoods? Findings from comparative research in San Martín and Ucayali... by Guerra, M., Sarmiento Barletti, J.P., Begert, B.

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Balancing agricultural development and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon by Cattaneo, Andrea

“…This report identifies the links between the agriculture and logging sectors in the Amazon, economic growth, poverty alleviation, and natural resource degradation in the region and in Brazil as a whole. …”
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Integrating ecosystem management, protected areas and mammal conservation in the Brazilian Amazon by Azevedo-Ramos, C., Domingues Do Amaral, B., Nepstad, D.C., Soares Filho, B., Nasi, Robert

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Chlorophyll fluorescence imaging as a tool for evaluating disease resistance of common bean lines in the Western Amazon region of Colombia by Suárez, Juan Carlos, Vanegas, José Iván, Contreras, Amara Tatiana, Anzola, José Alexander, Urban, Milan Oldřich, Beebe, Stephen E., Rao, Idupulapati M.

“…Six common bean lines (ALB 350, BFS 10, DAB 295, SER 16, SMC 200 and SMN 27) were identified as less sensitive to disease stress under field conditions in the western Amazon region of Colombia, and these could serve as useful parents for improving the common bean for multiple stress resistance.…”
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Analysis of ecosystem services provision in the Colombian Amazon using participatory research and mapping techniques by Ramírez Gomez, Sara, Torres Vitolas, Carlos A., Schreckenberg, Kate, Honzák, Miroslav, Cruz García, Gisella S., Willcock, Simon P., Palacios, Erwin, Pérez Miñana, Elena, Verweij, Pita, Poppy, Guy

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Development of silvopastoral systems in the Peruvian Amazon by Fuentes Navarro, Eduardo, Gómez, Carlos, Pizarro, Dante, Alegre, Julio, Castillo, Miguel S., Vela, Jorge, Huamán, Ethel, Vásquez Pérez, Héctor Vladimir

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Amazon forests at the crossroads: pressures, responses and challenges by Jong, W. de, Borner, J., Pacheco, P., Pokorny, B., Sabogal, C., Benneker, C., Cano, W., Cornejo, C., Evans, K., Ruíz, S., Zenteno, M.

“…The Amazon basin and its rich forest has inspired much debate about its natural treasures, potential for economic development and the rights of its populations to exclusive benefits. …”
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Comparative analysis of key fiber characteristics in white pima cotton (Gossypium barbadense L.): Native accessions from the Peruvian Amazon by Morales Araníbar, Luis, Nieves Rivera, Marite Yulisa, Soto Gonzales, Hebert Hernán, Morales Araníbar, Carlos Genaro, Linares Gutiérrez, Nataniel, Gamarra Gomez, Francisco, Zuffo, Alan Mario, González Aguilera, Jorge, Steiner, Fabio

“…The fiber quality of cotton (Gossypium barbadense L.) native to the Peruvian Amazon region is one of the most versatile and essential natural fibers in the Peruvian textile industry. …”
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First experiences with adaptive co-management in Para, Brazilian Amazon by Pokorny, B., Cayres, G., Nunes, W., Segebart, D., Drude, R.

“…Its pilot activities in Para were carried out in three sites, each representing different realities of communities established in the Eastern Amazon region. The research focused on the concept of Collaborative Diagnostic Studies (CDS) as an opportunity to replace extenally-driven background studies, which are important for documentation and impact monitoring, with a collaborative evaluation of an expert-defined set of criteria and indicators for assessing sustainability (C&I). …”
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Shifts in forest product extraction: the post-rubber era in the Bolivian Amazon by Stoian, D.

“…Commercial exploitation of non-timber forest products has been playing a major role in the northern Bolivian Amazon for more than a century. Initially relying on the exploitation of rubber, the regional economy underwent a first diversification as a consequence of the post-World War I rubber crisis: rubber tapping became supplemented with subsistence agriculture and Brazil nut extraction. …”
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Gender relations and inequalities in the Amazon: The potential of geospatial systems to address gender inequalities by Twyman, Jennifer, Acosta, Mariola, Irigoyen, Marina

“…In order for geospatial services to reach their full potential to benefit the people and the environment of the Amazon at multiple scales (regional, national, sub-national, community) by supporting communities in monitoring their territories and addressing the various challenges they face (such as deforestation, illegal mining, climate change, and biodiversity loss), it is important to have an inclusive vision that considers both the situation of local women and other actors in the region. …”
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Major shifts in Amazon wildlife populations from recent intensification of floods and drought by Bodmer, R., Mayor, P., Antunez, M., Chota, K., Fang, T., Puertas, P., Pittet, M., Kirkland, M., Walkey, M., Ríos, C., Pérez Peña, P., Henderson, P., Bodmer, W., Bicerra, A., Zegarra, J., Docherty, E.

“…During these years, we surveyed populations of terrestrial, arboreal, and aquatic wildlife in a seasonally flooded Amazonian forest in the Loreto region of Peru (99,780 km2) to study the effects of intensification of natural climatic fluctuations on wildlife populations and in turn effects on resource use by local people. …”
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Endophytic fungi from Peruvian highland and lowland habitats form distinctive and host plant-specific assemblages by Unterseher, Martin, Gazis, Romina, Chaverri, Priscila, García Guarniz, Carlos Fernando, Zavaleta Tenorio, Diógenes Humberto

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Balance de experiencias silviculturales con Cedrelinga catenaeformis Ducke (Mimosoideae) en la Región de Pucallpa, Amazonía Peruana by Vidaurre Arévalo, Héctor E.

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Farm-forestry in the Peruvian Amazon and the feasibility of its regulation through forest policy reform by Sears, R., Cronkleton, P., Villanueva, F.P., Ruíz, M.M., Pérez Ojeda del Arco, M.

“…We draw on policy analysis and field research in the central Amazon region of Peru using mixed methods to characterize smallholder on-farm timber production and evaluate the feasibility of the new regulatory mechanisms for formalizing small-scale timber producers. …”
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Rural livelihood diversification is associated with lower vulnerability to climate change in the Andean-Amazon foothills by Beltrán Tolosa, Lucila Marcela, Cruz García, Gisella S., Ocampo, Jhon, Pradham, Prajal, Quintero, Marcela

“…The Andean-Amazon foothills region, one of the richest biodiversity ecoregions on earth, is threatened by climate change combined with unsustainable agricultural and extensive livestock farming. …”
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Influence of landscape structure on carbon storage in agroforestry systems with cacao and silvopastoral systems in the Colombian Amazon by Díaz-Cháuc, Jenniffer Tatiana, Velasquez Valencia, Alexander, Casanoves, Fernando

“…In the Colombian Amazon region, agricultural and livestock activities lead to changes in land use, transforming complex and heterogeneous natural landscapes into landscapes characterized by a matrix of pastures and forest fragments with low connectivity. …”
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Examining the sustainability and development challenge in agricultural-forest frontiers of the Amazon Basin through the eyes of locals by Blanco Gutiérrez, I., Manners, Rhys, Varela Ortega, C., Tarquis, A., Martorano, L.G., Toledo, M.

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