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1. 1. Women as Agents of Change : a Critical Visual Analysis of the Representation of Brazilian Indigenous Women Activists

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Emanuela Gualersi; [2023]
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   Abstract : The Brazilian climate crisis has become a frequent topic in both international and national media. During Bolsonaro's presidency, Brazil prioritised economic development over protecting Indigenous Peoples and the environment, resulting in backlash from Indigenous Peoples and their organisations. READ MORE

3. 2. The Role of Public Innovation on Water Governance in Brazil

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Author : Isabel Gennaro; Panagiota Christodoulou; [2021]
   Keywords : water governance; public sector innovation; social innovation; interactive governance; system change; cross-sector stakeholder engagement;

   Abstract : It is impossible for the world to exist without water, then why do socio-political systems treat it like an unnecessary, disposable resource?  Currently, there is a water crisis happening globally, and specifically in Brazil it encompasses tremendous socio-ecological, political, cultural and economic injustices and challenges. The water resources management and the national infrastructures are inadequate to conserve and treat this valuable commodity. READ MORE

4. 3. The Political Economy of Deforestation of the Northwestern Colombian Amazon

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning (BIG); Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Author : Paula Andrea Sanchez Garcia; [2021]
   Keywords : Amazon; Colombia; power dynamics; political economy; hegemony;

   Abstract : The Amazon has experienced rapid forest loss in the past decades due to the growing colonization, infrastructure development and commercial agriculture expansion. Understanding the underlying social, political and economic drivers of deforestation is key to curb deforestation of the Amazon basin. READ MORE

5. 4. Sustainable life, not sustainable development - “Other” epistemologies in sanitation policy in Rural Brazil : The case of Brazil’s National Program for Rural Sanitation

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

   Author : Layla Nunes Lambiasi; [2020]
   Keywords : sanitation; rural; Brazil; PNSR; decolonization; political ecology.; saneamento básico; rural; Brasil; PNSR; decolonização; ecologia política;

   Abstract : Despite decades of global efforts to provide the whole of the world’s population with appropriated water and sanitation, these remain one of the biggest challenges of our time, with the gap being even greater in rural areas. Commonly dominated by technological and managerialist solutions, the field of water and sanitation have been subject, since its origins, to rationalities grounded in western knowledge. READ MORE

6. 5. Hur påverkar människan lamantinens population?

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

   Author : Emma Faring; [2016]
   Keywords : Lamantin; Trichechus manatus; population; mänsklig påverkan; West Indian manatee; Trichechus manatus; population; human impact;

   Abstract : Lamantinen (Trichechus manatus) är Nordamerikas mest utrotningshotade marina däggdjur. Arten är en av tre arter som går under benämningen manater och en av de arter som i vardagligt tal kan kallas för sjöko. Lamantinen består av två underarter, Floridas lamantin (T. manatus latirostris) och den antilliska lamantinen (T. READ MORE