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Amazon region 735 Amazonasgebiet 735 Brasilien 391 Brazil 379 Entwaldung 278 Deforestation 275 Nachhaltige Entwicklung 87 Sustainable development 87 Amazon 81 Regenwald 76 Agrarboden 73 Agricultural soil 73 Rainforest 72 Landwirtschaft 58 Agriculture 57 Forstwirtschaft 51 Umweltpolitik 51 Forestry 49 Peru 49 Landnutzung 48 Amazonastiefland 46 Environmental policy 46 Land use 45 Climate change 40 Klimawandel 40 Regional development 36 Regionalentwicklung 36 Indigene Völker 32 Indigenous peoples 32 Kleinbauern 30 Smallholders 30 Theorie 29 Theory 29 Forest policy 28 Forstpolitik 28 Ecuador 26 Impact assessment 26 Umweltschutz 26 Wirkungsanalyse 26 Environmental protection 25
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Article in journal 275 Aufsatz in Zeitschrift 275 Graue Literatur 140 Non-commercial literature 140 Arbeitspapier 84 Working Paper 84 Aufsatz im Buch 39 Book section 39 Hochschulschrift 33 Collection of articles of several authors 27 Sammelwerk 27 Thesis 21 Konferenzschrift 15 Bibliografie enthalten 13 Bibliography included 13 Conference proceedings 13 Aufsatzsammlung 8 Conference paper 7 Konferenzbeitrag 7 Amtsdruckschrift 5 Dissertation u.a. Prüfungsschriften 5 Government document 5 Case study 3 Fallstudie 3 Mehrbändiges Werk 3 Multi-volume publication 3 Advisory report 1 Collection of articles written by one author 1 Fallstudiensammlung 1 Glossar enthalten 1 Glossary included 1 Gutachten 1 Mikroform 1 Sammlung 1
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English 621 Portuguese 66 German 33 Spanish 32 French 6 Undetermined 5 Dutch 1
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Reis, Eustáquio José 18 Andersen, Lykke E. 16 Strand, Jon 15 Kohlhepp, Gerd 11 Pfaff, Alexander S. P. 11 Caviglia-Harris, Jill L. 10 Motta, Ronaldo Serôa da 10 Assunção, Juliano J. 9 Costa, Francisco de Assis 9 Ferraz, Claudio 9 Sills, Erin O. 9 Walker, Robert T. 9 Alston, Lee J. 8 Libecap, Gary D. 8 Mueller, Bernardo 8 Fearnside, Philip Martin 7 Guilhoto, Joaquim 7 Igliori, Danilo Camargo 7 Perz, Stephen George L. 7 Weinhold, Diana 7 Caldas, Marcellus Marques 6 Godoy, Ricardo A. 6 Hall, Anthony 6 Morello, Thiago Fonseca 6 Thomas, Timothy S. 6 Arima, Eugenio Y. 5 Bilsborrow, Richard E. 5 Chomitz, Kenneth M. 5 Cleary, David 5 Coomes, Oliver T. 5 McMillan, Robert 5 Mendonça, Mário Jorge Cardoso de 5 Murphy, Joshua 5 Subervie, Julie 5 Amacher, Gregory S. 4 Andrae, Silvio 4 Arima, E. Y. 4 Blackman, Allen 4 Brondízio, Eduardo 4 Carson, Richard T. 4
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Weltbank 4 National Bureau of Economic Research 3 Global Environment Facility 2 International Congress of Americanists <44, 1982, Manchester> 2 International Institute for Environment and Development 2 Organization of American States / Department of Regional Development 2 Royal Geographical Society 2 Universidade Federal do Pará <Belém> 2 World Bank 2 Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutsche Lateinamerika-Forschung 1 Association of Amazonian Universities 1 Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social 1 Brasilien / Superintendência do Desenvolvimento da Amazônia 1 Center for International Development <Cambridge, Mass.> 1 Conference on the Development of Amazonia in Seven Countries <1979, Cambridge> 1 Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas 1 Cornell University / Department of Agricultural Economics 1 Dr. Norbert Kessel <Firma> 1 Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen / Geographisches Institut 1 Edward Elgar Publishing 1 Encuentro Internacional de Organismos de Desarrollo de la Región Amazónica <1, 1986, Trinidad, Bolivien> 1 Europäisches Parlament / Ausschuss für Umweltfragen, Volksgesundheit und Verbraucherschutz 1 Gesellschaft für Ökologische Forschung 1 Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung 1 Institut für Iberoamerika-Kunde <Hamburg> 1 Instituto Brasileiro de Bibliografia e Documentação <Rio de Janeiro> 1 Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 1 Instituto para el Desarrollo Rural en Sudamerica 1 Interuniversitäres Institut für Interdisziplinäre Forschung und Fortbildung <Klagenfurt> / Abteilung Soziale Ökologie 1 Klima-Bündnis Europäischer Städte mit den Indigenen Völkern der Regenwälder zum Erhalt der Erdatmosphäre 1 Konferenz: Biokraftstoffe zwischen Sackgasse und Energiewende <2013, Berlin> 1 Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung 1 Latin American Water Forum <1997, São Paulo> 1 Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi 1 Nijmeegs Instituut voor Comparatieve Cultuur- en Ontwikkelingsstudies 1 Pará / Secretaria de Estado de Ciência, Tecnologia e Meio Ambiente 1 Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses 1 Proyecto de Investigación y Promoción de la Amazonía 1 Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn 1 Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn / Geographisches Institut 1
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Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of the International Society for Ecological Economics 48 World development : the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development 39 Texto para discussão / Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada 11 Environment and development economics 9 Journal of environmental economics and management : JEEM ; the official journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 9 Discussion paper 7 The journal of development studies : JDS 7 Policy research working paper : WPS 6 American journal of agricultural economics 5 Land economics : applied research on environmental resources 5 Nova economia : revista do Departamento de Ciências Econômicas da UFMG 5 The journal of environment & development : a review of international policy 5 Development and change 4 World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4 A economia brasileira em perspectiva 3 Applied geography and development : a biannual collection of recent German contributions 3 CID faculty working paper 3 CSERGE working paper / GEC 3 Discussion paper / Department of Economics, University of California San Diego 3 Environmental & resource economics : the official journal of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 3 Journal of Latin American studies 3 Journal of retailing and consumer services 3 NBER working paper series 3 Policy Research Working Paper 3 Policy research working paper 3 Revista brasileira de energia 3 Sustainable hospitality and tourism as motors for development : case studies from developing regions of the world 3 Tübinger Beiträge zur geographischen Lateinamerika-Forschung 3 Working paper 3 World Bank study 3 A World Bank study 2 Agricultural economics : the journal of the International Association of Agricultural Economists 2 Brazilian journal of political economy 2 CEE-M working paper 2 Cadernos Adenauer 2 Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy working paper 2 Contemporary issues in development studies 2 Department bulletin / United States, Department of Agriculture 2 Discussion paper series / Environmental Economy and Policy Research Group 2 Discussion papers / CEPR 2
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Early Indigenous Extinctions and Modern Deforestation in the Amazon
Barsanetti, Bruno; Ferreira, Alípio - 2023
This paper studies the long-run relationship between historical indigenous presence and modern tropical deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. We georeference information on the historical location of indigenous groups, which groups went extinct, and the likely underlying extinction causes. We...
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Mind Your Language : Political Discourse Affects Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Oliveira, Gustavo Magalhães de; Sellare, Jorge; … - 2023
Land users make decisions in an increasingly dynamic environment. Changes in expectations are driven by market and non-market factors, but research on market related drivers of land use change so far dominates in the literature. This paper examines how political discourses affect deforestation...
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Mind your language : political discourse affects deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Oliveira, Gustavo Magalhães de; Sellare, Jorge Luis; … - 2023
Land users make decisions in an increasingly dynamic environment. Changes in expectations are driven by market and non-market factors, but research on market related drivers of land use change so far dominates in the literature. This paper examines how political discourses affect deforestation...
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The Distributional Effects of 'Fulfilled By Amazon' (FBA)
Iyengar, Garud; Ma, Yuanzhe; Rivera, Thomas J; Saleh, Fahad - 2023
We provide an economic model of an e-commerce retail platform (e.g., Amazon) that offers a fulfillment service (e.g., "Fulfilled By Amazon") to merchants that sell on its platform. We demonstrate that the introduction of such a service generates distributional effects for the platform...
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The Effect of Amazon Prime on Sales Ranks
Etumnu, Chinonso; Noumir, Ashraf - 2023
Although the economic success of Amazon Prime has been widely reported in the mass media, few empirical studies have carefully quantified the economic value, consumer welfare impacts, or public policy implications of the subscription program. This study contributes to this economic literature by...
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¿Políticas tributarias para el desarrollo? : un estudio sobre el cambio de régimen de beneficios tributarios en la región San Martín
Mendoza, José Antonio - 2023 - Primera edición digital
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Outsourcing the dry season : cattle ranchers' responses to weather shocks in the Brazilian Amazon
Skidmore, Marin Elisabeth - In: American journal of agricultural economics 105 (2023) 2, pp. 409-433
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The Effects of Transportation Infrastructure on Deforestation in the Amazon : A General Equilibrium Approach
Araujo, Rafael - 2023
Investments in transportation infrastructure can impact the environment beyond their immediate surroundings. This paper builds an interregional trade model to estimate the general equilibrium effects of changes in infrastructure on deforestation. Using panel data on the evolution of the...
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Infrastructure-driven development : the local social impact of a large hydropower plant in the Amazon
In: The journal of development studies 59 (2023) 8, pp. 1123-1143
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Competition Upstream of Amazon
Edwards, Martin - 2023
The rise of large, market-concentrating technology firms like Amazon, Inc. is driving commentators, regulators, and politicians to rethink the law of antitrust. In particular, “New Antitrust” reformers propose that the narrow focus on consumer welfare has caused antitrust law to stop too...
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Evaluation of the Management Potential of Timber Resources in Clear-Water Floodplain Forests in the Amazon Using Growth Models
Conde, Maíra Luciana Guimarães; Piedade, Maria Teresa … - 2023
Abstract The Amazonian clear-water igapós are floodplains mainly covered by forests with intermediate hydrochemical and edaphic conditions between the nutrient-rich várzea along white-water rivers and the oligotrophic igapós along black-water rivers. Earlier studies indicate the potential for...
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Spatial Distribution of Degradation and Deforestation of Palm Swamp Peatlands and Associated Carbon Emissions in the Peruvian Amazon
Marcus, Matthew; Hergoualc’h, Kristell; Honorio, Eurídice - 2023
The vast peat deposits in the Peruvian Amazon are crucial to the global climate. Palm swamp, the most extensive regional peatland ecosystem faces different threats, including deforestation and degradation due to felling of the dominant palm Mauritia flexuosa for fruit harvesting. While these...
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Transitory Sustainability Effects of Behavioral Changes : Short-Term Benefits of COVID-19 Lockdowns Reversed Over Time, Resulting in More Wildfires in the Amazon
Liu, Wenman; Ibáñez, Inés; Chen, Yang; Agrawal, Arun - 2023
To control the COVID-19 pandemic, governments worldwide deployed unprecedented policies. Mandatory lockdowns, mobility restrictions, and calls for social distancing and voluntary individual constraints were among the key interventions to reduce exposure risks. The resulting global reductions in...
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Illegal Markets and Contemporary Slavery : Evidence from the Mahogany Trade in the Amazon
Araujo, Daniel; Oliveira, Yuri; Soares, Danny; Tigre, Robson - 2023
This paper explores the impact of illegal markets on modern slavery, focusing on the Brazilian government's complete shutdown of the mahogany market in the late 90s. Utilizing a quasi-experimental design that exploits the natural variation in the occurrence of mahogany trees in Brazilian...
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Spinning Amazon’s Flywheel : How Amazon's Business Model Harms Competition -- A View from Europe
Geradin, Damien; Smith, Tom - 2023
Amazon is the largest e-commerce platform in many nations and its revenues have grown consistently over many years. Although Amazon has been subject to some antitrust investigations, competition law still has not fully grappled with the anticompetitive effects of Amazon’s business model, which...
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Optimización del aprovechamiento de productos maderables de tres especies forestales comerciales en el departamento del Guaviare (departamento de la Amazonía Colombiana) (Optimizat...
Castellanos Niño, Yuli; Marco, Jorge - 2023
El Manejo Forestal Sostenible (MFS) es un instrumento de gestión forestal basado en un proceso de planificación racional sobre la oferta forestal y las normas y prescripciones de protección y sostenibilidad de los bosques naturales. En Colombia se ha identificado como una estrategia para...
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Can the Political Left Save the Planet? Impact of Leftist Mayors on Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Nishijima, Marislei; Pal, Sarmistha - 2023
The study investigates the role of local democracies on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. It is argued that the political left in Brazil, who have formed alliances with various workers' groups, are more likely to defend the environment and the indigenous people. This is because protecting...
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Revisiting Decision-Making Assumptions to Improve Deforestation Predictions : Evidence from the Amazon
Cunha, Priscila; Rodrigues Neto, Camilo; Morsello, Carla - 2023
Commercial agriculture is one of the primary drivers of global deforestation, although the contribution of small-scale agriculture is increasing. Despite that, there are limited studies about the decision-making process of non-Western Educated Industrialized Rich Democratic societies. Hence,...
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Comparing Protection Types in the Peruvian Amazon Multiple-Use Protected Areas Did No Worse for Forests
Rico, Jimena; Wang, Zhenhua; Pfaff, Alexander - 2023
Protected areas (PAs), which restrict economic activities, are the leading land and marine policy for ecosystem conservation. Most contexts feature different types of protection that vary in their stringency of management. Using spatially detailed panel data for 1986-2018, we estimate PAs’...
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Carbon Prices and Forest Preservation Over Space and Time in the Brazilian Amazon
Assunção, Juliano J.; Hansen, Lars Peter; Munson, Todd; … - 2023
Some portions of land in Brazilian Amazon are forested, and other portions used in agriculture. Deforestation (reforestation) emits (captures) carbon, which has consequence for the global climate. The social and private productivities for these alternative land uses vary across locations within...
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Challenges to promoting resilience in supply chains observed during the COVID-19 pandemic : an exploratory study of the Amazon region using the topsis technique
Melo, André Cristiano Silva; Anholon, Rosley; Martins, … - In: Logistics 6 (2022) 4, pp. 1-13
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has moved the world in every way, directly impacting supply chains globally and bringing major challenges to management, decision-makers, and companies of all sizes and sectors. This intensifies when it comes to the Brazilian Amazon region, a place that...
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Connecting businesses and biodiversity conservation through community organizing : the case of babassu breaker women in Brazil
Puppim de Oliveira, Jose Antonio; Mukhi, Umesh; … - In: Business strategy and the environment 31 (2022) 5, pp. 2618-2634
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Can companies end deforestation? : the limitations and potential opportunities of zero-deforestation commitments in the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado
Levy, Samuel Alexander - 2022
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A Model of Amazon Deforestation, Trade and Labor Market Dynamics
Hanusch, Marek; Porcher, Charly - 2022
This paper develops a dynamic spatial equlibrium model of Amazon deforestation, accounting for trade and labor markets dynamics. It uses this model to study the impact of local sectoral shocks and policies on deforestation. Conditional on the assumptions on key parameters, the analysis suggests...
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A Macroeconomic Perspective of Deforestation in Brazil's Legal Amazon
Ferreira Filho, Joaquim Bento De Souza; Hanusch, Marek - 2022
Despite policy efforts in recent decades, deforestation remains a pervasive phenomenon in Brazil. Yet deforestation is not only affected by forest governance. It is also driven by global demand for commodities and the relative competitiveness of agriculture, which in turn depends on...
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Beyond reducing deforestation: impacts of REDD+ projects on household livelihoods
Demarchi, Gabriela; Carrilho, Caue D.; Catry, Thibault; … - 2022
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Fires in the Amazon Region : quick policy review
Eufemia, Luca; Dias Turetta, Ana Paula; Bonatti, Michelle; … - In: Development policy review 40 (2022) 5, pp. 1-15
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Public attention and environmental action : evidence from fires in the Amazon
Araujo, Rafael; Costa, Francisco; Garg, Teevrat - 2022
International agreements to reduce anthropogenic environmental disasters rely on public pressure driving local action. We study whether focused media and increased public outcry can drive local environmental action, reducing environmental damage. Although an annual affair, forest fires in the...
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Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Deforestation in a Palm Oil Production Pole in the Eastern Amazon
Ferreira, Susane Cristini Gomes; Azevedo-Ramos, Claudia; … - 2022
In Brazil, public policies to encourage the production of oil palm aimed to minimize the associated potential deforestation in the Amazon. A decade after the initiative was launched, however, little is known about its effects on deforestation. This study investigated the spatio-temporal dynamics...
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An Econometric Model for Non-Timber Forest Products in the Brazilian Amazon
Angelo, Humberto; Calderon, Rafael de Azevedo; Almeida, … - 2022
The objective of this study is to identify the determinants of NTFPs’ supply and demand in the Amazon region. The method applied was an econometric model of supply and demand in a log-linear form. Based on consumer and firm theories as well as studies on the market for extractive products, we...
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The Impact of Amazon Facilities on Local Economies
Pathania, Vikram; Netessine, Serguei - 2022
Amazon has been making significant investments to expand its fulfillment network that receives merchandise from vendors and third-party sellers, and then picks, packs, and ships customer orders. Media and policy attention have increasingly focused on this growing distribution network. We show a...
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Governance Arrangements for Socio-Environmental Sustainability in the Implementation of Large Infrastructure Projects in the Brazilian Amazon
MACHADO, RAPHAEL - 2022
In this article, we investigate how the conditions 'social participation effectiveness', 'political entrepreneurs', 'coordination', 'budget', 'ministerial priority', and 'administrative capacity' are mobilized in the governance arrangement of sustainable territorial development plans to attend...
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The Economics of Amazon
Etro, Federico - 2022
We survey the literature on the economics of eCommerce with particular emphasis on the antitrust debate about Amazon. The business model of such a hybrid marketplace is based on monetization through referral fees on third party sellers hosted on the platform and direct margins on own products....
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Amazon Private Brands : Self-Preferencing vs Traditional Retailing
Dubé, Jean-Pierre - 2022
Competition authorities and various digital platform regulations apply a double standard in their criticisms of Amazon's private brand programs. Amazon's private brand practices mimic those used by established retailers for decades. Comparably-sized retailers have orders-of-magnitude larger...
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An analysis of the tourism state policy formation in Rondônia, Brazil
Souza Barbosa, Marina Castro Passos de; Sá Medeiros, … - In: Journal of tourism, sustainability and well-being 10 (2022) 2, pp. 88-100
The promotion of tourism has been established as part of governmental actions of public policies in Brazil, particularly in Rondônia. Public policies propose the valorization of practices that express knowledge and skills of small farmers and local community in the regional economic sphere,...
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Agroforestry programs in the colombian amazon : selection, treatment and exposure effects on deforestation
Taou, Nadia; Bhattacharjee, Arnab; Castillo, Natalia; … - 2022
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Forest Concessions & Eco-Certifications in the Peruvian Amazon : Deforestation Impacts of Logging Rights and Restrictions
Rico, Jimena; Wang, Zhenhua; Panlasigui, Stephanie; … - 2022
Concessions that grant logging rights to firms support economic development, based on forest resources. Eco-certifications place sustainability restrictions on the operation of such logging concessions. Using a spatially detailed panel and new DID estimators, we estimate the 2002-2018 impacts on...
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Bioeconomy in the Amazon
Denny, Danielle; Burnquist, Heloisa Lee; Márcia Viana … - 2022
The Amazon is an immense region and with several demands, it has one of the worst indicators of human development. So, this article argues that as long as the Amazon does not have a thriving economy in which it is more profitable to keep the forest standing, conservation measures will be...
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Socio-Environmental Impacts on Indigenous Lands in the Brazilian Amazon
Santos, Alex Mota dos; Silva, Carlos Fabricio Assunção da - 2022
This research revealed the main socio-environmental pressures on indigenous lands located in the Amazon Biome. To achieve the objectives, ten analysis variables were used [deforestation (area and proportion), hot spots, mining(mining in river, area of mining and mining in isolated points),...
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Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Could Be Halved by Zero Deforestation Commitments
Levy, Samuel A.; Cammelli, Federico; Munger, Jacob; … - 2022
Deforestation for agriculture is the primary threat to global aboveground carbon stocks. In the absence of strong territorial-governance, zero-deforestation commitments (ZDCs), corporate policies to decouple food production from deforestation, remain a central tool to combat this issue. Yet...
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Predicting Soil Carbon Stock in Remote Areas of the Central Amazon Region Using Machine Learning Techniques
Ceddia, Marcos Bacis; Ferreira, Ana Carolina S.; … - 2022
The use of covariates derived from remote sensors in combination with machine learning (ML) algorithms has been shown to be promising for mapping soil types and their attributes in large areas. This study explores the feasibility of using the existing knowledge of soil organic carbon stock...
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Long-Term Conservation Agriculture for Cassava and Maize Cultivation in an Acrisol from Southwestern Brazilian Amazon : Impact on Soil Organic Matter Composition and Concentration
de Aquino, Itauane Oliveira; Dick, Deborah Pinheiro; … - 2022
In the Brazilian Southwestern Amazon, food security agriculture predominates in smallholder farms where cassava cultivation is conducted under conventional tillage (CT). This study investigated the impact of conservation agriculture on soil C content and organic matter (SOM) composition in an...
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How did Amazon achieve CSR and some Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - climate change, circular economy, water resources and employee rights during COVID-19?
Yu, Wenxuan; Hassan, Abeer; Adhikariparajuli, Mahalaxmi - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 8, pp. 1-18
Stakeholders' demand for corporate social responsibility (CSR) not only creates pressure on the corporation, but corporations are also themselves aware about leading CSR activities' reporting and embedding sustainable activities to create value for the short, medium, and long-term. This research...
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Direct and indirect implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on Amazon’s financial situation
Qin, Zixuan; Hassan, Abeer; Adhikariparajuli, Mahalaxmi - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 9, pp. 1-25
We provide theoretical and empirical insights into the impact of COVID-19 on Amazon's financial position. A longitudinal case study of Amazon's financial situation during the 2016-2020 period, and time-series analysis, ratio analysis, and DuPont analysis, are employed as a quantitative...
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Low-hanging fruit in the Amazon : Feasible and cost-effective paths for Brazilian climate policy
Gandour, Clarissa; Assunção, Juliano J. - In: No brainers and low-hanging fruit in national climate policy, (pp. 25-38). 2021
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Oil palm contract farming in Brazil : labour constraints and inclusivity challenges
Brandão, Frederico; Schoneveld, George Christoffel - In: The journal of development studies 57 (2021) 8, pp. 1428-1442
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Waterborne diseases, basic sanitation, and health : perspectives for Brazil's Legal Amazon
Rieger, Raquel Andréa; Penha, Débora de Lima Braga; … - In: The review of regional studies : a joint publ. of the … 51 (2021) 1, pp. 89-104
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Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program : Annual Conference 2021
Global Environment Facility - 2021
The Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program (ASL) is an initiative funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) that seeks to improve integrated landscape management and ecosystem conservation in priority areas of the Amazon in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Suriname. The...
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From extractivism and illegalities to a circular bioeconomy in the amazon region
Martins, Michelle Márcia Viana; Burnquist, Heloisa Lee - In: Revista tempo do mundo (2021) 27, pp. 127-164
The Amazon is a vast region, but with many shortcomings. It presents one of the worst human development indicators in Brazil. This article shows that while the Amazon does not have an adequate policy to make the region economically viable, conservationist measures will be ineffective to protect...
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Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program : Annual Conference 2021
Global Environment Facility - 2021
The Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program (ASL) is an initiative funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) that seeks to improve integrated landscape management and ecosystem conservation in priority areas of the Amazon in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Suriname. The...
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