Resultados de búsqueda - "Amazon"

Climate change economic impacts on water and recreation services in Central American forests por Ojeda, Elena, Zamora Pereira, Juan C., Martin Ortega, Julia, Imbach, Pablo A.

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Social and Biological Correlates of Wild Meat Consumption and Trade by Rural Communities in the Jutaí River Basin, Central Amazonia por El Bizri, H.R., Morcatty, T.Q., Ferreira, J.C., Mayor, P., Vasconcelos Neto, C.F.A., Valsecchi, J., Nijman, V., Fa, J.E.

“…Wild animals are an important source of food and income throughout the Amazon basin, particularly for forest-dependent communities living in the more remote regions. …”
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Hiding in Plain Sight: How a Fallow Forestry Supply Chain Remains Illegitimate in the Eyes of the State por Sears, R.R., Cronkleton, P., Miranda Ruiz, M., Pérez Ojeda del Arco, M.

“…We evaluate the process of formalization of a thriving and adaptive existing supply chain for small-dimension lumber originating in the fallows of smallholder farmers in the Peruvian Amazon. Through field research over three years based in semi-structured interviews with diverse actors in the Amazon, we found that the supply chain for fallow timber is driven entirely by informal and some illegal transactions. …”
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Native arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi promote Plukenetia volubilis growth and decrease the infection levels of Meloidogyne incognita por Corazon-Guivin, M.A., del Aguila, S.R., Correa, R.X., Cordova-Sinarahua, D., Maia, L.C., Alves da Silva, D.K., da Silva, G.A., Lopez-Garcia, A., Coyne, D., Oehl, F.

“…The use of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) offers promising benefits to agriculture in the Amazon regions, where soils are characteristically acidic and nutrient-poor. …”
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Silvicultura en la Amazonia Peruana: diagnostico de experiencias en la region ucanyali y la provincia de Puerto Inca por Nalvarte, W., Sabogal, C., Galvan, O., Marmillod, D., Angulo, W., Córdova, N., Colan, V.

“…The documented silvicultural experience in the Peruvian Amazon dates back several decades with methods such as enrichment plantings, open plantations, agroforestry systems and management of natural regeneration of some commercial timber species. …”
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El manejo forestal en la Amazonia Baja del Peru: diagnostico e implicaciones para la adopcion de buenas practicas por Colan, V., Sabogal, C., Snook, Laura K., Boscolo, M., Smith, J., Galvan, O.

“…This research was part of a tri-national project intended to determine the main factors constraining or favoring the adoption of sustinable forest management practices in the Brazilian, Bolivian and Peruvian Amazon. The paper describes the logging practices followed by timber extractors in Peru's Amazon lowland under the conditions of the old forest law, revealing differences among types of extractors. …”
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Why does air passage over forest yield more rain?: examining the coupling between rainfall, pressure and atmospheric moisture content por Makarieva, A.M., Gorshkov, V.G, Sheil, D., Nobre, A.D, Bunyard, P, Li, B.L.

“…A wholly new analysis of meteorological data from three regions in Brazil, including the central Amazon forest, reveals a tendency for rainy days during the wet season with column water vapor (CWV) exceeding 50 mm to have higher pressure than rainless days, while at lower CWV, rainy days tend to have lower pressure than rainless days. …”
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How Are Land-Use Multi-stakeholder Fora Affected by Their Contexts? por Sarmiento Barletti, J.P., Larson, A.M.

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Sustainable Amazonian landscapes por International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…Peru and Colombia, which encompass 23% of the Amazon rainforest, are committed to reducing net losses of their natural forests to zero as well as to designing national action plans for mitigating and adapting to climate change. …”
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Moving towards a palm oil value chain that contributes to the conservation of forests and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions por Ivanova, Yovita, Tristán Febres, María Claudia, Romero Sánchez, Miguel Antonio, Charry, Andrés, Lema, Sebastián, Choy, José, Vélez Betancourt, Andrés Felipe, Castro Nuñez, Augusto, Quintero, Marcela

“…The document has been produced under the framework of the Sustainable Amazon Businesses (SAB) project, led by CIAT as part of the Bioversity International and CIAT Alliance, in coordination with MINAM and MINAGRI of Peru, and in partnership with the international consulting firm Climate Focus (CF). …”
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Moving towards a deforestation-free cacao and chocolate value chain with low greenhouse gas emissions por Ivanova, Yovita, Tristán Febres, María Claudia, Romero Sánchez, Miguel Antonio, Charry, Andres, Lema, Sebastián, Choy, José Sánchez, Vélez Betancourt, Andrés Felipe, Castro Nuñez, Augusto, Quintero, Marcela

“…The present plan aims to contribute to the effort of the Regional Government of Ucayali (GOREU) to reduce GHG emissions from the agricultural sector due to changes in land use in the Peruvian Amazon, in accordance with the Peruvian Government's international commitments to mitigate climate change. …”
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Manual practico para operadores forestales

“…The main focus of the manual is on mechanized harvesting operations in typical conditions found in terra firme forests of the Peruvian Amazon. The themes covered are safety guidelines and equipment, stock survey of commercial timber, directional felling, planning and construction of harvesting infrastructure, skidding and yarding operations…”
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The risk of unintended deforestation from scaling sustainable livestock production systems por Castro-Nuñez, Augusto Carlos, Buriticá, Alexander, González, Carolina, Villarino, Maria Eliza J., Holmann, Federico, Pérez Marulanda, Lisset, Río Duque, Martha Lilia del, Sandoval, Danny, Eufemia, Luca, Löhr, Katharina, Durango, Sandra, Romero Sánchez, Miguel Antonio, Lana, Marcos A., Sotelo, Steven, Rivera, Ovidio, Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María, Quintero, Marcela

“…In two surveys conducted among 144 Colombian Amazon livestock producers with traditional or SPS farms, we assessed changes in herd composition between 2016 and 2020. …”
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Effect of Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray intake on in vivo methane (CH4) emission and milk production in dual-purpose cows in the Colombian Amazonian piedmont por Rivera, Julián Esteban, Villegas, Gonzalo, Chará, Julian, Durango, Sandra G., Romero Sánchez, Miguel Antonio, Verchot, Louis V.

“…We conclude that the inclusion of T. diversifolia in the forage feed base in the humid tropics such as the Amazon piedmont can be used as a tool to both mitigate enteric CH4 emissions and to increase animal productivity and hence reduce emissions intensity, and thus reduce pressure on the agricultural frontier in critical areas such as the Amazon.…”
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Health impacts of smoke exposure in South America: increased risk for populations in the Amazonian Indigenous territories por Bonilla, E.X., Mickley, L.J., Raheja, G., Eastham, S.D., Buonocore, J.J., Alencar, A., Verchot, Louis, Westervelt, D.M., Castro, M.C.

“…Smoke particulate matter emitted by fires in the Amazon Basin poses a threat to human health. Past research on this threat has mainly focused on the health impacts on countries as a whole or has relied on hospital admission data to quantify the health response. …”
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Drivers of rural exodus from Amazonian headwaters por Parry, L., Day, B., Amaral, S., Peres, C.A.

“…This research examines rural settlement within the Brazilian Amazon to shed light on the drivers of on-going rural exodus and its environmental implications. …”
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From conflict of use to multiple use: forest management innovations by small holders in Amazonian logging frontiers por Shanley, P., Serra Silva, M. da, Melo, T., Carmenta, R., Nasi, Robert

“…The Brazilian Amazon is a significant source of timber as well as a rich source of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) such as medicinal barks, oils and fruits. …”
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Catalyzing and learning through private sector engagement for biodiversity conservation (CAL-PSE): a strategic partnership of the Alliance of Bioversity International & the Interna... por Deboni, Fabio, Caldas, Bernardo

“…The publication presents a set of lessons learned during the CAL-PSE Program (2017 - 2025), whose objective was to contribute to the conservation of biodiversity in the Brazilian Amazon through the engagement of the private sector.…”
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Annual report 2015: CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry por CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry

“…Illustrative stories come from the Congo Basin, the Amazon and the Indonesian archipelago, among others. …”
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Farming cattle in the tropics: Transnational science and industrializing pastures in Brazil por Nehring, Ryan

“…Whether it is deforestation in the Amazon or concentrated feedlots, the rancher and the cow have come to epitomize the dangers of a global industrial food system. …”
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