Resultados de búsqueda - "Amazon"

  1. Equilibrio del desarrollo agropecuario y la deforestación en la Amazonia Brasileña por Cattaneo, Andrea

    Publicado 2004
    “…It examines the effects of (1) a major devaluation of the Brazilian real (R$); (2) improvements of infrastructure in the Amazon to link it with the rest of Brazil and bordering countries; (3) modification of land tenure regimes in the Amazon agricultural frontier; (4) adoption of technological change in agriculture both inside and outside the Amazon; and (5) fiscal mechanisms to reduce deforestation. -- from Author's Abstract…”
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    Resumen
  2. Restoring Amazonia: promoting Eco-Efficient land use alternatives = Restauración de la Amazonia: fomento de alternativas Eco-Eficientes para uso del suelo por Jarvis, Andy, Lavelle, Patrick M.

    Publicado 2010
    “…The Amazon Basin, home to approximately half of the world’s tropical forests and a quarter of global biodiversity, has experienced alarming rates of deforestation, land degradation, and loss of ecosystem services since the 1960s. …”
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    Brief
  3. On the importance of cascading moisture recycling in South America por Zemp, D.C., Schleussner, C.-F., Barbosa, H.M.J., Ent, R.J. van der, Donges, J.F., Heinke, Jens, Sampaio, G., Rammig, A.

    Publicado 2014
    “…In particular, evapotranspiration from the Amazon basin contributes substantially to precipitation regionally as well as over other remote regions such as the La Plata basin. …”
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    Journal Article
  4. Breaking down silos: Conservation areas for Amazonian flagship terrestrial and freshwater species por Shahbol, Natalie, Arias, Melissa, Boron, Valeria, Wiederhecker, Helga Correa, Caldas De Oliveira, Bernardo, La Rosa, Fabiola, Naidoo, Robin, Oliveira‐Da‐Costa, Marcelo, Pacheco, Jessica, Frias, Mariana Paschoalini, Petrone, Sandra, Sainz, Lila, Tickner, David, Trujillo, Fernando, Oviedo, José Saulo Usma, Van Damme, Paul Andre, Thieme, Michele

    Publicado 2025
    “…Research into the threats affecting flagship terrestrial and freshwater species in the Amazon has operated within disciplinary and ecological silos, neglecting the interconnectedness between these species and ecosystems. …”
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    Journal Article
  5. Present spatial diversity patterns of Theobroma cacao L. in the neotropics reflect genetic differentiation in Pleistocene refugia followed by human-influenced dispersal por Thomas, E., Zonneveld, M. van, Loo, J., Hodgkin, T., Galluzzi, Gea, Etten, Jacob van

    Publicado 2012
    “…Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) is indigenous to the Amazon basin, but is generally believed to have been domesticated in Mesoamerica for the production of chocolate beverage. …”
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    Journal Article
  6. Territories innovating to monitor and assess progress towards sustainability por Project TerraCert, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

    Publicado 2017
    “…The TerraCert Project is developing an innovative approach to achieve sustainability in the Amazon region through the certification of territories. …”
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    Brochure
  7. Climate-resilience policies and investments for Egypt’s agriculture sector: Sustaining productivity and food security por Perez, Nicostrato D., Kassim, Yumna, Ringler, Claudia, Thomas, Timothy S., ElDidi, Hagar, Breisinger, Clemens

    Publicado 2021
    “…However, the sector’s resiliency is gradually being corroded by climate change, with lasting, harmful effects for agriculture and food systems. Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0896294188…”
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    Informe técnico
  8. Curua-Una: 50 anos de Pesquisa por Pokorny, B., Vasconselos, L.

    Publicado 2002
    “…The Experimental Station of Curuá-Una is a milestone for tropical silviculture of the Brazilian Amazon. Here started intensive scientific research about the Amazonian forests in Brazil. …”
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    CD-ROM
  9. Genetic diversity in cocoa germplasm of southern Cameroon revealed by simple sequences repeat (SSRS) markers por Efombagn, M.I.B., Sounigo, O., Nyassé, S., Dauleux, M.M., Cilas, Christian, Eskes, M.A., Allen, K.

    Publicado 2006
    “…The range of polymorphism of about 194 cocoa accessions collected in farms in Southern Cameroon during field surveys and 71 Trinitario and Upper Amazon clones available in genebanks on-station was assessed using 13 SSR markers. …”
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    Journal Article
  10. Sustainable Amazonian Landscapes Project por Quintero, Marcela, Castañeda Álvarez, Nora P., Sachet, Erwan, Tello Dagua, Jhon Jairo, Valencia Gómez, Jefferson

    Publicado 2015
    “…Colombia and Peru host together 23% of the Amazon. Both countries are committed to reduce their greenhouse gases emissions, improve national and local capacities to adapt to climate change, enhance local livelihoods in forests and reduce net deforestation. …”
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    Blog
  11. Strategies to optimize modelling habitat suitability of Bertholletia excelsa in the Pan-Amazonia por Tourne, D.C.M., Ballester, M.V.R., James, P.M.A., Martorano, L.G., Guedes, M.C., Thomas, E.

    Publicado 2019
    “…Amazon‐nut (Bertholletia excelsa) is a hyperdominant and protected tree species, playing a keystone role in nutrient cycling and ecosystem service provision in Amazonia. …”
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    Journal Article
  12. Multistakeholder networks promoting cocoa farming and silvopastoral livestock in Caquetá, Colombia por Guáqueta Solórzan, Victoria, Ayazo Berrocal, Roger, Vanegas Cubillos, Martha

    Publicado 2024
    “…The department of Caquetá, in the Colombian Amazon, has become a focal point for various national and international institutions aiming to promote sustainable production systems that contribute to the reduction of deforestation, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and peacebuilding. …”
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    Blog Post
  13. Brazil, Social Accounting Matrix (SAM), 1995-1996: Aggregated Version por International Food Policy Research Institute

    Publicado 2003
    “…This SAM is characterized by its disaggregation of agricultural production activities by region (Amazon, Northeast, Center-west, and South and Southeast) and farm size (small and large). …”
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    Conjunto de datos
  14. Spatial and temporal contrasts in the distribution of crops and pastures across Amazonia: a new agricultural land-use dataset from census data since 1950 por Imbach, Pablo, Manrow, M., Barona, Elizabeth, Barretto, A, Hyman, Glenn G., Ciais, Philippe

    Publicado 2015
    “…Much of our knowledge of land use change in Amazonia comes from studies of the Brazilian Amazon, which accounts for two thirds of the region. …”
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    Journal Article
  15. Deforestation and forest degradation in lowland Bolivia por Pacheco, P.

    Publicado 2002
    “…This chapter analyses the causes of deforestation and forest degradation in the Bolivian Amazon. The study predicated on the assumption that the factors involved have less to do with the forest sector itself than with events that take place within the country's political, economic, and social arenas. …”
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    Capítulo de libro
  16. Spatial and temporal contrasts in the distribution of crops and pastures across Amazonia: A new agricultural land use data set from census data since 1950: Crops and pastures acros... por Imbach, Pablo, Manrow, M., Barona, Elizabeth, Barretto, Alberto, Hyman, Glenn G.

    Publicado 2020
    “…Much of our knowledge of land use change in Amazonia comes from studies of the Brazilian Amazon, which accounts for two thirds of the region. …”
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    Conjunto de datos

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