Essays about: "Amazon s Forest"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Amazon s Forest.

1. 1. Struggling to make a life in the Peruvian Amazon: A case study on the livelihood activities in the indigenous community Naranjal

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Célina Marie Scülfort; [2022]
   Keywords : Sustainable Development; SDGs 2; 3; 15; agriculture and forestry; rural livelihoods; indigenous communities; Peruvian Amazon; forest landscapes; smallholder farming; access to food; local knowledge;

   Abstract : International climate mitigation agendas increasingly focus on the conservation of tropical forests such as the Amazon due to their high potential of sequestering large amounts of carbon. At the same time, Peru’s Amazonian frontier is increasingly subject to market pressures and other factors contributing to deforestation and the expansion of the agricultural frontier. READ MORE

3. 2. Agroforestry the Silver Bullet for Sustainable Agriculture? A multi-stakeholder analysis of Peru's Agroforestry Policy in fostering sustainable smallholder agriculture in the Amazon.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Josefine Sjöberg; Sara Mantilla Jativa; [2019]
   Keywords : Key words: Agroforestry; Peru; Smallholders; Sustainable Agriculture.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Over three-quarters of the world’s poor live in rural areas and many of them depend on agriculture to earn a living. In a context of climate change, Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) is addressed as one of the main sources of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. READ MORE

4. 3. Estimating the number of LTE Cell IDs; a comparison of different species richness estimators

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistik

   Author : Milda Jokubauskaite; [2018]
   Keywords : Mathematics and Statistics;

   Abstract : Species richness estimation is an ongoing difficult statistical problem. Most of the research done in this subject focuses on biological data even though, a lot of the methods can be applied more widely. READ MORE

5. 4. Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon-Based Settlements: A Socio-Ecological Approach

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Gabriela Russo; [2017]
   Keywords : Legal Amazon; Socio-Ecological Systems; Land Reform; Forest Code; Deforestation; Amazon-Based Settlements;

   Abstract : Global change is substantially led by greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions (Ruddiman, 2013). In Brazil, the largest emission rates come from the forestry & land-use change sector, which historically accounts for more than half of Brazil’s emissions (SEEG, 2016a). READ MORE

6. 5. 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