Essays about: "Rio Grande do Sul"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 12 essays containing the words Rio Grande do Sul.

  1. 6. Conservation aspects for a fragment of Araucaria moist forest in southern Brazil : Regarding species composition and diversity of a small fragment of Araucaria moist forest embedded in a matrix of pampas grassland

    University essay from Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET)

    Author : Linnéa Johansson; [2013]
    Keywords : Araucaria moist forest; Atlantic forest; Conservation; Fragmentation; Management; Species diversity; Southern Brazil;

    Abstract : Fragmentation of the Atlantic forest is extensive and a major reason for biodiversity loss in the South American continent. Today only a fraction of the pre-Colombian forest cover is still left and predominantly represented by isolated fragments. READ MORE

  3. 7. Biodiversity conservation and the Brazilian Forest Code : small-scale farmers and law compliance in Southern Brazil

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Aline Mariani Feistler; [2013]
    Keywords : sustainability science; biodiversity conservation strategies; private land; regulation; compliance theory; Atlantic Forest; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Various strategies may be used to promote biodiversity conservation on private land and support conservation at the landscape level. Brazil has had a law that addresses this issue to some extent since 1934. It is called Forest Code (FC), and has been revised twice, in 1965 and 2012. READ MORE

  4. 8. Prosperity and marginalization : An analysis of the expanding meat production in southern Brazil

    University essay from Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Markus Lundström; [2009]
    Keywords : Livestock revolution; Brazil; food regimes; globalization; development; meat;

    Abstract : The production of meat has risen dramatically during the past decades. This process, generally referred to as the Livestock Revolution, particularly includes so called “developing countries”, hosting the most intensive augmentation of both production and consumption. READ MORE

  5. 9. Wind power in Brazil

    University essay from Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET)

    Author : Karlsson Elin; [2009]
    Keywords : wind power; Brazil;

    Abstract : As welfare and industry production gets higher the demand for electricity increases. Almost 90 % of the electricity generated in Brazil is from renewable sources, 85 % of the renewable energy comes from hydropower. READ MORE

  6. 10. An Interdisciplinary Study on Farm Based Biogas Production in Southern Brazil

    University essay from Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET)

    Author : Anders Hjort; Simon Norin; [2008]
    Keywords : Applications; Biogas; Brazil; Digestate; Environmental impact; Pig slurry;

    Abstract : Today the use of anaerobic digestion technique emerges as an alternative to the conventional treatment method of pig slurry to the pig producers in Brazil because of the energy demanding intensive pig production and the negative environmental impact that arises during storage and use. The end products of AD technique are biogas as an energy source and digestate that can be used as a fertilizer. READ MORE