Resultados de búsqueda - Amazon (company)
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Community forest management for timber extraction in the Amazon frontier
Publicado 2009“…However, there is limited understanding of how communities are managing their forests in the dynamic Amazon frontier. This issue was studied in four areas in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru. …”
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Collaborative monitoring of production and costs of timber harvest operations in the Brazilian Amazon
Publicado 2005“…Timber companies and policy makers in the Brazilian Amazon urgently need financial information on forest management. …”
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Deforestation and the social impacts of soy for biodiesel: Perspectives of farmers in the South Brazilian Amazon
Publicado 2011“…Soy occupies large parts of the Cerrado biome and has now reached the Amazon, and concerns have been raised about both the environmental and social impacts of this. …”
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Migration patterns and land use by immigrants under a changing frontier society in the Peruvian Amazon
Publicado 2023“…One of main factors identified as explaining forest loss and degradation in the Selva (the Peruvian Amazon) is the migration of people from the Sierra (Andes highlands), where agricultural conditions are severe, to forest areas in the Selva in search of new land. …”
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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...
Publicado 2021“…Key findings The titling of Comunidades Nativas (Native Communities) alone is not enough to ensure Indigenous Peoples’ access to sustainable livelihoods in the Peruvian Amazon. Lack of income options, combined with restrictive legal frameworks for resource use under the Comunidad model, led to unsustainable land and resource use. …”
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Early adoption of Arachis pintoi in the humid tropics: The case of dual-purpose livestock systems in Caquetá, Colombia
Publicado 2000“…The early adoption of the legume Arachis pintoi was studied in the State of Caquetá, located in Colombia’s Amazon region. Data came from 174 farmers randomly surveyed within the area of influence of Nestlé, a multinational milk-processing company. …”
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Early adoption of Arachis pintoi in the humid tropics: the case of dual-purpose livestock systems in Caqueta, Colombia
Publicado 2000“…The early adoption of the legume Arachis pintoi was studied in the State of Caqueta, located in Colombia's Amazon region [date not given]. Data came from 174 farmers randomly surveyed in 1986 and 1997 within the area of influence of Nestle, a multinational milk-processing company. …”
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Investment in project preventing deforestation of the Brazilian Amazonas
Publicado 2009“…The aim of this thesis is to create an understanding of the incentives for forest companies to invest in reducing carbon dioxide emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, which is termed REDD. …”
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Forest operations for sustainable forestry in the tropics: proceedings of a symposium organised by IUFRO Subject group S3.05-00, Forest operations in the tropics at the XX IUFRO Wo...
Publicado 1996“…A Mexican case study of damage evaluation in a timber yarding operation is presented by Hernández-Diáz and Delgado-Pacheco while the situation for forest operations in the Amazon Basin is reviewed by Malinovski. Cedergren et al. assess the impacts of selective logging on silvicultural values in a mixed dipterocarp forest of Sabah.…”
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A practical tool to assess regenerative approaches in food businesses
Publicado 2025“…IPRA evaluates whether a company’s actions, intentions, and narrative are aligned of regenerative principles and practices. …”
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Multiple use forestry planning: Timber and Brazil nut management in the community forests of Northern Bolivia
Publicado 2011“…In Bolivia’s Northern Amazon, forests long used for the extraction of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are now experiencing increased logging. …”
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Broadening the perspective of zero-deforestation interventions in Peru by incorporating concepts from the global value chain literature
Publicado 2021“…Global narratives around the links between deforestation and agricultural commodity production have led to the application of voluntary zero-deforestation agreements between companies, governments, and civil society. The continued tropical deforestation warrants a re-examination of this approach in order to customize its application for a particular location. …”
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The challenge of reconciling conservation and development in the tropics: Lessons from Brazil’s oil palm governance model
Publicado 2021“…We do so by looking into the Brazilian case, where the government intended to drive oil palm expansion in the Amazon through a program launched in 2010 that simultaneously only allowed expansion into already deforested areas and offered companies incentives to engage smallholder farmers in their supply chains. …”
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El balance entre la ganancia genética y la conservación en un programa de mejoramiento participativo: el caso del pijuayo (Bactris gasipaes kunth)
Publicado 2017“…The problem is explored in this paper, partly through a case study of a participatory improvement programme of peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth, Palmae), implemented in the Peruvian Amazon by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and the Peruvian National Institute for Agricultural Research and Extension (INIEA). …”
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