Essays about: "Suriname"

Found 3 essays containing the word Suriname.

  1. 1. A detailed study on Amazon Forest structure and mortality rates through LPJ-GUESS vegetation model

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Sara Mazzuoli; [2021]
    Keywords : Amazon s Forest; LPJ-GUESS; simulation; TEAM-NETWORK; dynamic vegetation model; observation; mortality; allometry; tree stand structure; biomass; cohort; PFTs; plant functional types; NPP; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Nowadays it has become relevant for scientists to understand the impact of tropical forest structure on the Global Carbon Cycle. Dynamic vegetation models have been developed to pursue this issue, specifically by improving algorithms that could analyze the allometry, biomass content and mortality rate of each singular simulated plant individual and how this responds to climate change, management and rising CO2 concentrations. READ MORE

  3. 2. The power of friendship : Can friendship between ethnic groups reduce prejudices in multi-ethnic Suriname?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Pernilla Östlund; [2020]
    Keywords : Contact hypothesis; Contact theory; Suriname; Minor Field Study; Ethnic groups; Prejudice; Prejudice reduction; Minorites; Friendship;

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  4. 3. “It’s two things mixed together!” : A Baptist missionary nurse and her symbiotic relationship with Ndyuka medicine

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Maarten van der Bent; [2017]
    Keywords : missionary medicine; Ndyuka medicine; interaction; symbiosis; ‘othering’;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses the interaction between missionary medicine and Ndyuka medicine from the perspective of a Baptist missionary nurse operating a clinic in the village of Lantiwei in Suriname. Based on two months of anthropological fieldwork conducted in the summer of 2014, this thesis argues that in her everyday practice of medicine, the Baptist nurse is dependent on the cooperation of a local Ndyuka healer and his family to such an extent that their working together can be regarded as a social form of symbiosis. READ MORE