Documentation and comparation methods to assess options for forest-based livelihoods and their outcomes. The contributions are based on the premise that livelihood and conservation goals can be best achieved by improving information flow about changes in the environment, and the…
General overview: an agenda for global environmental protection - minimizing environmental contamination problems - facing up to environmental chemical in society - risk assessment as a facilitator of cost-effective environmental management decisions; the nature of environmental…
Registros ricamente ilustrados realizados por uma equipe de profissionais abnegados que, ao percorrer a BR-163, revelaram as várias faces da estrada. Do agronegócio de alta tecnologia das plantações de soja de Mato Grosso aos conflitos pela posse de terra na porção paraense da r…
This timely volume examines resistance to natural resource extraction from a critical ethnographic perspective. Using a range of case studies from North, Central and South America, Australia, and Central Asia, the contributors explore how and why resistance movements seek to cha…
Multinational corporations often exploit natural resources or locate factories in poor countries far from the demand for the products and profits that result. Developed countries also routinely dump hazardous materials and produce greenhouse gas emissions that have a disproporti…
Agricultural production technologies. Case studies of environmental impacts of agricultural practices. Water and soil impacts. Air quality impacts. Noise and solid waste impacts. Comparison of emerging agricultural production technologies. Appendix A - glossary of key agricultur…
Trata-se do desenvolvimento de produtos sustentaveis a partir da fase de conscientizacao acerca da centralidade estrategica da sustentabilidade ambiental dos objetos industriais (AU).
