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Small farmers and deforestation in Amazonia. Author(s): BRONDÍZIO, E. S.; CAK, A.; CALDAS, M. M.; MENA, C.; BILSBORROW, R.; FUTEMMA, C. T.; LUDEWIGS, T.; MORAN, E. F.; BATISTELLA, M. This chapter discusses the relationship between small farmers land use and deforestation, with particular attention paid to the past 30 years of Amazonian colonization in Brazil and Ecuador. Our analy... ... Repository: BDPA Publication year: 2009
The changing rates and patterns of deforestation and land use in Brazilian Amazonia. Author(s): ALVES, D. S.; MORTON, D. C.; BATISTELLA, M.; ROBERTS, D. A.; SOUZA JR, C. Investigating the rates and patterns of land cover and land use change (LCLUC) in Amazonia is a central issue for Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) research. LCLUC, along w... ... Repository: BDPA Publication year: 2009
Livestock policy in the Brazilian Amazonia colonization. Author(s): VAZ, V.; CARVALHO, S.; BENDAHAN, A. B.; POCCARD-CHAPUIS, R.; DUARTE, L. G.; TOURRAND, J. F. The objective of this chapter is to present, based on a diachronic analysis, the main steps of livestock farming in the Brazilian Amazonia and the policies that have been associated with it. Repository: BDPA Publication year: 2020
People and environment in Amazonia: the LBA experience and other perspectives. change. Author(s): BATISTELLA, M.; ALVES, D. S.; MORAN, E. F.; SOUZA, Jr. C.; WALKER, R.; WALSH, S. J. Amazonia is the arena for an ongoing extraordinary transformation of nature and society. This process of change can be depicted in many and by various disciplines, with emphasis on the biosphere or th... ... Repository: BDPA Publication year: 2009
Entrelaçado, a rare maize race conserved in Southwestern Amazonia. Author(s): COSTA, F. M.; SILVA, N. C. de A.; VIDAL, R.; CLEMENT, C. R.; ALVES, R. P.; BIANCHINI, P. C.; HAVERROTH, M.; FREITAS, F. de O.; VEASEY, E. A. Maize (Zea mays spp. mays L.) is the major domesticated cereal of the Americas and is of great relevance for global food security. For a long time, Amazonia represented an empty space in the racial di... ... Repository: BDPA Publication year: 2020
Dissolved CO2 in small catchment streams of Eastern Amazonia. Author(s): DAVIDSON, E. A.; FIGUEIREDO, R. O.; MARKEWITZ, D.; SILVA, P. S. Repository: BDPA Publication year: 2008
Ecological adaptation of wild peach palm, its in situ conservation and deforestation-mediated extinction in Southern Brazilian Amazonia. Author(s): CLEMENT, C. R.; SANTOS, R. P.; DESMOULIERE, S. J. M.; FERREIRA, E. J. L.; FARIAS NETO, J. T. de The Arc of Fire across southern Amazonia seasonally attracts worldwide attention as forests are cut and burned for agricultural expansion. These forests contain numerous wild relatives of native South... ... Repository: BDPA Publication year: 2009
Impact of land tenure on deforestation control and forest restoration in Brazilian Amazonia. Author(s): CAMARA, G.; SIMÕES, R.; RUIVO, H. M.; ANDRADE, P. R.; SOTERRONI, A. C.; RAMOS, F. M.; RAMOS, R. G.; SCARABELLO, M.; ALMEIDA, C.; SANCHES, I.; MAURANO, L.; COUTINHO, A. C.; ESQUERDO, J. C. D. M.; ANTUNES, J. F. G.; VENTURIERI, A.; ADAMI, M. This study examines how land tenure constrains Brazil's ability to meet its deforestation control and forest restoration goals in its Amazonia biome. Our findings are based on an updated assessment of... ... Repository: BDPA Publication year: 2023
Conserving Amazonia s ecosystem services in the face of expanding agriculture. Author(s): O'CONNELL, C. S.; CARLSON, K. M.; CUADRA, S. V.; FEELEY, K. J.; WEST, P. C.; POLASKY, S.; FOLEY, J. Repository: BDPA Publication year: 2014
Mineralogy of some soils from the Amazonia Sedimentary Basin. Author(s): FONTES, M. P. F.; XAVIER, B. T. L.; KER, J. C.; LIMA, H. N.; SOUZA, K. W. ABSTRACT: The Amazonia Forest is an important biome that possesses great diversity of fauna and flora, which can play a significant role in several science areas, specially, the gene reserve for the f... ... Repository: BDPA Publication year: 2014

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