Authorship: 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

Authorship: 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

Authorship: 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

Authorship: 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

Authorship: 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

Authorship: 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

Authorship: DAVIDSON, E. A.; FIGUEIREDO, R. O.; MARKEWITZ, D.; SILVA, P. S.

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2008

Authorship: 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

Authorship: 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

Authorship: VASCONCELOS, S. S.

Changes in land-use and climate are likely to alter resource (e.g., moisture and nutrient) availability in tropical forest soils, but quantitative assessment of the role of resource constraints as reg... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2006