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

“…In the Brazilian Amazon, deforestation and fragmentation of tropical forests are estimated to affect one third of the region. …”
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Consumption and Preferences for Wild and Domestic Meat in Indigenous Communities in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest por Santos, C.P. dos, Braga-Pereira, F., Borges, A.K.M., Vliet, N. van, Alves, R.R.N.

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Integrating food biodiversity into public food procurement: a Brazilian Amazon case of Indigenous Peoples and local communities por Cabral da Conceição, Bianca, Borelli, Teresa, das Graças Ferreira Frazao, Andrea, Tomchinsky, Bernardo, Mendonce, Sharon, Hunter, Danny

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Can multistakeholder forums empower indigenous and local communities and promote forest conservation? A comparative analysis of territorial planning in two Brazilian states with co... por Gonzales Tovar, J., Sarmiento Barletti, J.P., Larson, A.M., Barnes, G., Tucker, C.M.

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Efficiency of bolsa floresta program in the Brazilian amazon por Lucas, Nathalia

“…In a tropical rainforest context, as the Brazilian Amazon, the local population plays an important role when conservation is the final objective of an environmental policy. …”

Local participation in REDD+: lessons from the Eastern Brazilian Amazon por Cromberg, M., Duchelle, Amy E., Oliveira Rocha, I. de

“…There are concerns that local people will not be genuinely involved in initiatives to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). …”
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Multidimensional forests: Complexity of forest-based values and livelihoods across Amazonian socio-cultural and geopolitical contexts por Londres, M., Schmink, M., Börner, J., Duchelle, Amy E., Frey, G.P.

“…We look at four local contexts in the Brazilian, Bolivian and Ecuadorian Amazon, which differ markedly in terms of their biophysical, sociocultural and geopolitical settings. …”
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Community-based environmental protection in the Brazilian Amazon: Recent history, legal landmarks and expansion across protected areas por Franco, C.L.B., El Bizri, H.R., Souza, P.R. de, Fa, J.E., Valsecchi, J., Sousa, I.S. de, Queiroz, H.L. de

“…In this paper, we analyze the emergence and large-scale expansion of a community-based environmental protection system (the Voluntary Environmental Agents Program – VEA Program) in the Brazilian Amazon and identify factors that have determined its success since its inception, 25 years ago. …”
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The costs of elite-oriented multi-stakeholder forums to address deforestation: the case of the Green Municipalities Program in the Brazilian Amazon por Londres, M., Larson, A.M., Sarmiento Barletti, J.P.

“…This article examines the Green Municipalities Program (Programa Municípios Verdes – PMV) – a major multi-stakeholder forum designed to combat deforestation – in Pará state in the eastern Brazilian Amazon. We qualitatively analyzed in-depth interviews with 39 people with different perspectives: respondents with deep knowledge of the context but no direct involvement in the program, organizers of the program, diverse program participants, and diverse non-participants. …”
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The interface of timber and non-timber resources: declining resources for subsistance livelihoods - a southern case study from Brazilian Amazonia por Shanley, P., Luz, L., Cymerys, M.

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Polyphasic characterization of rhizobia microsymbionts of common bean [Phaseolus vulgaris (L.)] isolated in Mato Grosso do Sul, a hotspot of Brazilian biodiversity por Costa, M.R., Chibeba, A.M., Mercante, F.M., Hungria, M.

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Native tourism, natural forests and local incomes on Ilha Grande, Brazil por Wunder, Sven

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The technopolitics of agronomic knowledge and tropical(izing) vegetables in Brazil por Nehring, Ryan

“…This article critically analyzes the social and political factors behind the advancement of technoscientific development in modern Brazilian agriculture. In the second half of the 20th century, Brazil underwent a rapid industrialization in the agricultural sector by more than doubling productivity in key global commodities and a widespread migration of people from rural to urban areas. …”
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Farming cattle in the tropics: Transnational science and industrializing pastures in Brazil por Nehring, Ryan

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Science for the poor: how one woman challenged researchers, ranchers, and loggers in Amazonia por Shanley, P.

“…A new version of the book, requested by the government of Brazil, contains the contributions of 90 leading Brazilian and international scientists and local people. …”
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Hälso- och miljöeffekter av brasilianska sojaodlingar por Andersson, Kajsa

Agrarian change, cattle ranching and deforestation: Assessing their linkages in Southern Para por Pacheco, P.

“…In this paper, I illustrate the dynamics of frontier development in the Redencao area in southern Para, one of the oldest agricultural frontiers in the Brazilian Amazon. This frontier has evolved from a landscape initially dominated by large-scale corporations investing in cattle ranching, to another in which medium-scale cattle ranchers and to less extent smallholders expanded their influence in the local economy. …”
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Sustainability curriculum for livestock production por Oliveira, Denis, Laurens, Violaine, Quental, Flavio, Lima, Paulo

“…This curriculum is the result of a participatory process carried out by people and organizations committed to promoting sustainability in the Brazilian livestock value chain. …”
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Compatibilidade de conjuntos de criterios e indicadores para avaliar a sustentabilidade do manejo florestal na Amazonia Brasileira por Pokorny, B., Adams, M.

“…With the initial aim to better understand this diversity, this study compared the content and the quality of five C&I sets relevant for the Brazilian Amazon (CIFOR, MCA, FSC, ITTO e Tarapoto). …”
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Poverty and water management in the Sao Francisco river basin: Preliminary assessments and issues to consider por Vosti, S.A., Torres, M.

“…Of the approximately 17 million who inhabited the SFRB in 2003, about 3.7 million (approximately 21%) were poor by Brazilian standards (living on about one minimum salary or less). …”
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