Annual Cash Income from Community Forest Management in the Brazilian Amazon: Challenges for the Future

Remote Monitoring for Forest Management in the Brazilian Amazon

the search for the self in becketts theatre: waiting for godot and endgame

this thesis is based upon the works of samuel beckett. one of the greatest writers of contemporary literature. here, i have tried to focus on one of the main themes in becketts works: the search for the real "me" or the real self, which is not only a problem to be solved for beckett man but also for each of us. i have tried to show becketts techniques in approaching this unattainable goal, base...

Challenges for the Co- Management of Fisheries in the Brazilian Amazon

Marcel Bursztyn [email protected] Sustainable Development Center – University of Brasília © 2004 Antonio Oviedo and Marcel Bursztyn Abstract The problem of the non-utilization of sustainable management practices of the fishing resources in the Amazon is a result of various causes, such as the security of land tenure, inadequate public policies, the expansion of ranching into floodplains areas...

Favouring local development in the Amazon: lessons from community forest management initiatives

The future of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

Concern about the future of Amazonian forests is growing as both the extent and rate of primary forest destruction increase. We combine spatial information on various biophysical, demographic and infrastructural factors in the Brazilian Amazon with satellite data on deforestation to evaluate the relative importance of each factor to deforestation in the region. We assess the sensitivity of resu...