The Brazilian Amazonia in Change II : Five Decades of Exploitation, Deforestation and Attempts at Sustainable Development
| The Brazilian Amazonia in Change II : Five Decades of Exploitation, Deforestation and Attempts at Sustainable Development |
| Autore | Kohlhepp Gerd |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , 2025 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (0 pages) |
| Disciplina | 363.7009811 |
| Collana | Biblioteca Luso-Afro-Brasileira |
| Soggetto topico | HISTORY / General |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Amazonian Rainforests
Biodiversity Deforestation Economic Exploitation Economic History Economy Environmental History Environmental Policy History Nature South American History |
| ISBN |
9783839475355
383947535X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Editorial -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword to Volume 2 -- I Amazônia Legal in the mid-1970s and 1980s -- 1. Alternative strategies to the colonisation policy of the Military Government -- 2. Polonoroeste: A new strategy of integrated rural development -- 3. Conflicts of interest at the Amazonian pioneer fronts in the 1980s -- 4. Mega-projects and their impact on the regional development in East Amazonia: The Grande Carajás programme (PGC) -- 5. The energy-related Plano 2010 and its possible impacts on Amazonia -- 6. The Significance of the New Constitution of 1988 for environmental policy in Amazonia -- II Promising environmental concepts for Amazonia under pressure by economic growth and agrobusiness strategies (1990s–2018) -- 1. Previous international initiatives for the protection of tropical rain forests -- 2. The International Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rain Forests (PPG7: 1993–2009): An approach to sustainable regional development -- 3. Extensive infrastructure programmes as an extreme contrast to concurrent environmental policy measures -- 4. Private colonisation in Mato Grosso and expansion of agribusiness into the cerradão and tropical forest ecosystems -- 5. The new regional policy of the Plan of Sustainable Amazonia (PAS) -- 6. The hydroelectric power plant Belo Monte and its environmental and socio-ecological impacts -- 7. Population in Amazônia Legal 1970–2022 -- 8. Scientific research centres, research cooperation programmes and NGO activities in the Amazon region -- III Devastation and environmental degradation policies in Amazônia Legal during the Bolsonaro Government (2019–2022) -- 1. Chaotic activities of a decided enemy of sustainability in Amazonia -- 2. Destruction of tropical forest ecosystems due to logging and slash-and-burn activities -- 3. The ecological impacts of deforestation and problems of climate change -- 4. Threats to the Indigenous population and their habitats in Amazonia -- 5. Disagreements between donor countries and the Bolsonaro government regarding the Amazon Fund -- 6. The EU-Mercosur agreement failed under Bolsonaro’s presidency -- 7. The situation of Amazônia Legal during the Bolsonaro Government and possible future perspectives -- IV Epilogue -- 1. Hopes after the change of government in 2023: Lula da Silva as game changer? -- 2. Concluding remarks -- Appendix -- References |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910978258503321 |
Kohlhepp Gerd
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| Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , 2025 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Brazilian Amazonia in Change II : Five Decades of Exploitation, Deforestation and Attempts at Sustainable Development
| The Brazilian Amazonia in Change II : Five Decades of Exploitation, Deforestation and Attempts at Sustainable Development |
| Autore | Kohlhepp Gerd |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , 2025 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (0 pages) |
| Disciplina | 363.7009811 |
| Collana | Biblioteca Luso-Afro-Brasileira |
| Soggetto topico | HISTORY / General |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Amazonian Rainforests
Biodiversity Deforestation Economic Exploitation Economic History Economy Environmental History Environmental Policy History Nature South American History |
| ISBN |
9783839475355
383947535X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Editorial -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword to Volume 2 -- I Amazônia Legal in the mid-1970s and 1980s -- 1. Alternative strategies to the colonisation policy of the Military Government -- 2. Polonoroeste: A new strategy of integrated rural development -- 3. Conflicts of interest at the Amazonian pioneer fronts in the 1980s -- 4. Mega-projects and their impact on the regional development in East Amazonia: The Grande Carajás programme (PGC) -- 5. The energy-related Plano 2010 and its possible impacts on Amazonia -- 6. The Significance of the New Constitution of 1988 for environmental policy in Amazonia -- II Promising environmental concepts for Amazonia under pressure by economic growth and agrobusiness strategies (1990s–2018) -- 1. Previous international initiatives for the protection of tropical rain forests -- 2. The International Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rain Forests (PPG7: 1993–2009): An approach to sustainable regional development -- 3. Extensive infrastructure programmes as an extreme contrast to concurrent environmental policy measures -- 4. Private colonisation in Mato Grosso and expansion of agribusiness into the cerradão and tropical forest ecosystems -- 5. The new regional policy of the Plan of Sustainable Amazonia (PAS) -- 6. The hydroelectric power plant Belo Monte and its environmental and socio-ecological impacts -- 7. Population in Amazônia Legal 1970–2022 -- 8. Scientific research centres, research cooperation programmes and NGO activities in the Amazon region -- III Devastation and environmental degradation policies in Amazônia Legal during the Bolsonaro Government (2019–2022) -- 1. Chaotic activities of a decided enemy of sustainability in Amazonia -- 2. Destruction of tropical forest ecosystems due to logging and slash-and-burn activities -- 3. The ecological impacts of deforestation and problems of climate change -- 4. Threats to the Indigenous population and their habitats in Amazonia -- 5. Disagreements between donor countries and the Bolsonaro government regarding the Amazon Fund -- 6. The EU-Mercosur agreement failed under Bolsonaro’s presidency -- 7. The situation of Amazônia Legal during the Bolsonaro Government and possible future perspectives -- IV Epilogue -- 1. Hopes after the change of government in 2023: Lula da Silva as game changer? -- 2. Concluding remarks -- Appendix -- References |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996649870103316 |
Kohlhepp Gerd
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| Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , 2025 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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The Long-Term Perspective of Human Impact on Landscape for Environmental Change and Sustainability
| The Long-Term Perspective of Human Impact on Landscape for Environmental Change and Sustainability |
| Autore | Florenzano Assunta |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
| Soggetto topico | Environmental economics |
| Soggetto non controllato |
African politics
agricultural oasis expansion arable land archaeological sites army carbon neutral case study central Spain China cities climate climate change Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Deforestation development dike-ponds DISP driving forces eco-fragile area environment farming radius flood management forest landscape forestland governance grasslands historical land-cover/use change Horqin Sandy Land human activity intensity human-induced land cover land politics land reconstruction land use land use change land use changes land-use degree land-use intensity Landsat landscape change landscape change index landscape dynamics landscape transformation late Holocene Late Holocene livestock medieval age Mediterranean mid-mountains middle and lower reaches of Shule River Basin mitigation n/a native forest NDVI Northeast China NPPs oasis palaeoecology palaeoenvironmental reconstruction paleoecology pasture indicators peace political tradition pollen resilience RESTREND Shunde District soil carbon southern Italy spatio-temporal pattern sustainability Tarim Basin urbanization vegetation change vegetation cover wetland |
| ISBN | 3-03921-797-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910367744203321 |
Florenzano Assunta
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| MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tropical forests of Oceania : anthropological perspectives / / edited by Joshua A. Bell, Paige West and Colin Filer
| Tropical forests of Oceania : anthropological perspectives / / edited by Joshua A. Bell, Paige West and Colin Filer |
| Autore | Bell Joshua A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | ANU Press, 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 pages) |
| Disciplina | 577.34 |
| Collana | Asia-Pacific environment monograph |
| Soggetto topico |
Rain forests - Oceania
Forest conservation - Oceania Forests and forestry - Oceania Human ecology - Oceania |
| Soggetto non controllato |
oceania
tropical forests political ecology anthropology Deforestation Kamula language Logging Lumber Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation |
| ISBN | 1-925022-73-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction / Joshua A. Bell, Paige West and Colin Filer -- Wildlands, deserted bays and other bushy metaphors of Pacific place / Alexander Mawyer -- Non-pristine forests : a long-term history of land transformation in the western Solomons / Edvard Hviding -- Forests of gold : from mining to logging (and back again) / Jamon Alex Halvaksz -- The impact of mining development on settlement patterns, firewood availability and forest structure in Porgera / Jerry K. Jacka -- The structural violence of resource extraction in the Purari Delta / Joshua A. Bell -- The fate of Crater Mountain : forest conservation in the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea / Paige West and Enock Kale -- How April Salumei became the REDD queen / Colin Filer -- Representational excess in recent attempts to acquire forest carbon in the Kamula Doso area, Western Province, Papua New Guinea / Michael Wood -- 'Evergreen' and REDD+ in the forests of Oceania / Jennifer Gabriel. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910131523603321 |
Bell Joshua A
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| ANU Press, 2015 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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