Essays about: "State of Amazonas"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words State of Amazonas.

  1. 1. För- och nackdelar med köttkonsumtion : en sammanställning av de möjliga konsekvenserna med kött i människans diet, ur ett västerländskt perspektiv

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Moa Rönnhagen; [2020]
    Keywords : kött; näring; hälsa; klimat; miljö och kultur;

    Abstract : Att livsmedel tar upp en stor del av människans liv är grundläggande och förståelsen för att det även har så stor betydelse på vår hälsa, miljö och klimatet, är en förutsättning för att framtida generationer ska kunna leva utan hunger och fattigdom. Köttkonsumtionen i västvärlden bygger framförallt på rekommendationer som tagits fram av världshälsoorganisationen samt respektive lands motsvarighet till Livsmedelsverket. READ MORE

  3. 2. Real utopias and dystopias from the Colombian Amazon : collective future scenarios under government & FARC-EP post-agreement period

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Danna Villada; [2017]
    Keywords : capabilities; indigenous peoples; peace-agreement; sustainability science; political ecology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : After more than 50 years of internal armed conflict, the peace agreement between the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia- People’s Army (FARC-EP) raises both hope and concern. There are several opportunities for people, derived from wealth and land redistribution. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Indigenization of knowledge and power in the Peruvian Amazon : a case study for socio-environmental participatory monitoring processes in Aerija and Huao communities.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Aurora Eloisa Martín; [2016]
    Keywords : participatory monitoring; sustainability science; indigenous knowledge; power relations; feminist political ecology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The Amazon has always been a strategic region because of its rich variety in natural resources. Its global interest is spreading across levels and scales, influenced by the increasing demand for fossil fuels and biodiesel and the threat of climate change. READ MORE

  5. 4. Evaluation of pixel based and object based classification methods for land cover mapping with high spatial resolution satellite imagery, in the Amazonas, Brazil

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Linnea Jonsson; [2015]
    Keywords : support vector machine; maximum likelihood; SPOT-5; classification; geography; physical geography; RBF-kernel; OBIA; multiresolution segmentation; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : In the state of Acre, Brazil, there is ongoing land use change, where inhabitants of this part of the Amazonian rainforest practice shifting agriculture. Practicing this type of agriculture is, according to the SKY Rainforest Rescue organization, damaging to forest ecosystems. READ MORE

  6. 5. Conservation Efforts for Pied Tamarins (Saguinus bicolor) - Evaluating Ecological Corridors for Restoring the Forest Fragments of Urban Manaus, Brazil

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i biologi

    Author : Sara Barr; [2015]
    Keywords : Biology and Life Sciences;

    Abstract : One of the Amazon´s most endangered species is the small New World primate, ´pied tamarin´ (Saguinus bicolor). The species only occurs in the vicinity of the Brazilian Amazonas state capital city Manaus, where greatly scattered and fragmented small patches of highly degraded forest remain. READ MORE