Ongoing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is the outcome of an explicit federal project to
occupy, integrate, and “modernize” the region. Although there have been isolated periods of …

Abstract The Amazon Delta and Estuary (ADE) is a region of continental and global
ecological importance. Controversy, many of the basic infrastructure and services essential …

Alongside growing awareness of the historical and ethical dimensions of climate change
impacts, little is known about those territories both sources of fossil fuel extraction as well as …

Malaria in the Amazon is often perceived as an exclusively rural disease, but transmission
has been increasingly documented within and near urban centers. Here we explore patterns …

The sustainability of livelihoods and food security by small-scale colonists in the Amazon
have been associated with the dynamics of land use and land cover as well as the ability of …

(1) background: Urban representations of the Amazon are urgently needed in order to better
understand the complexity of urban processes in this area of the World. So far, limited work …

In recent years, the A mazon has experienced simultaneous processes of urbanisation and
creation of protected areas. Debates over the changing role of traditional peoples in the …

The peri-urban area of Puyo, where agricultural, urban and conservation logics are mixed, is
a contested area in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Rapid urban growth and agricultural activities …

We investigate how Amazonian smallholders' land use systems coevolve with household-
level demographic factors associated with changing livelihood strategies over the different …

The roads of Brazilian Amazonia are often portrayed in a melodramatic fashion. For
decades, pictures have shown dirt paths, smoldering forest remains, poor people, and …