Essays about: "loreto"

Found 4 essays containing the word loreto.

  1. 1. Registered nurses' experiences of working with indigenous patients in remote areas in Amazonas, Peru : a qualitative interview study at health clinics in Loreto region

    University essay from Sophiahemmet Högskola

    Author : Linnea Berglund; Siri Fjellman; [2019]
    Keywords : Registered nurses’ experiences; Indigenous patients; Intercultural health; Remote areas; Limited access;

    Abstract : Background In remote areas of the Peruvian Amazon there is a high burden of communicable diseases, limited access to health care and a low distribution of registered nurses. Registered nurses are working with indigenous patients in the area, where traditional medicine and practice is common. READ MORE

  3. 2. Climate Crimes : Climate change and deforestation: a case-study of state-corporate crime in Peru

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Latinamerikainstitutet

    Author : Margherita Capriola; [2017]
    Keywords : Peru; Amazon; climate change; environmental crime; state-corporate crime; palm oil industry; indigenous peoples;

    Abstract : During the last decades, climate change studies have been focusing more intensely on its anthopocenic essence, as the consequence of production and consumption patterns that require the intensive exploitation of the environment. In line with this school of thought, and new generations of studies on environmental crime, this work aims to present the environmentally and climate-related issues arising from land degradation in the Peruvian Amazon; focusing on those casual mechanisms developed from the collusion between Peruvian-economic policies and new private actors such as transnational corporations (TNCs). READ MORE

  4. 3. New innovative practices within the tour operations in Peru's jungle

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för innovation, design och teknik

    Author : Niclas Brink; [2017]
    Keywords : Innovation; iPeru; iquitos; loreto; maynas; micro-sized enterprises; mincetur; Peru; promperu; service-dominant logic; service innovation; SMEs; tourism; tourism industry; tour operators;

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  5. 4. Community-based conservation in Peruvian Amazon. Attempts to save the red uakari of Loreto

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Amanda Berglund; [2016]
    Keywords : Amazon Rainforest; Collective action; Loreto; Peru Sustainable Development; Uakari;

    Abstract : Abstract. In Peru, the population of a very rare monkey species called the red uakari (Cacajao calvus ucayalii) lives in the Amazon rainforest in an area called Loreto. The natural resources of Loreto have been exploited due to large anthropogenic pressure which has affected the biodiversity. READ MORE