Essays about: "remote areas in the Amazon"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words remote areas in the Amazon.

  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. Impact of Priority and Protected Areas on Deforestation in Brazilian Legal Amazon

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Titi Sari Nurul Rachmawati; [2018]
    Keywords : Deforestation; Legal Amazon; priority areas; protected areas; biodiversity; remote sensing data;

    Abstract : Legal Amazon, the Brazilian region where much of the global tropical forest is located, has suffered from rapid deforestation for decades, undermining the provision of ecosystem services and the conservation of biodiversity on local and global scales. In order to prevent deforestation, the Brazilian government has established priority and protected areas to ensure the preservation of high biodiversity areas and ecosystem services. READ MORE

  4. 3. Impact of Priority and Protected Areas on Deforestation in Brazilian Legal Amazon

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Titi Sari Nurul Rachmawati; [2018]
    Keywords : Deforestation; Legal Amazon; priority areas; protected areas; biodiversity; remote sensing data;

    Abstract : Legal Amazon, the Brazilian region where much of the global tropical forest is located, has suffered from rapid deforestation for decades, undermining the provision of ecosystem services and the conservation of biodiversity on local and global scales. In order to prevent deforestation, the Brazilian government has established priority and protected areas to ensure the preservation of high biodiversity areas and ecosystem services. READ MORE

  5. 4. Packaging Waste in Remote Communities: Opportunities and Challenges: A Case Study for Tefé, Amazon

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Laura Fostinone; [2016]
    Keywords : packaging waste; remote communities; waste management; EPR Programmes; remote areas in the Amazon; Tefé; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Growing amounts of waste generation in remote areas without proper waste management systems is a problem to human health and the environment. The Amazon holds the biggest freshwater resources in the world, is a biodiversity hotspot and its communities are placed in distances that can take days by boat to be reached. READ MORE

  6. 5. A pilot study on the coupling potential for a hydrokinetic turbine within the Amazon basin : - Optimization from an energy perspective

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Erik Nordqvist; [2016]
    Keywords : Hydrokinetic turbine; CFD-analysis; Coupling;

    Abstract : Many people around the world still lack access to a reliable electricity grid. Supplying electricity to remote off grid areas like villages around Leticia, Colombia is often interrelated with high costs and geographical limitations. Today most of the electricity demand is met through the usage of diesel generators. READ MORE