Artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is the main source of anthropogenic mercury
emissions and contamination in Latin America. In the Brazilian northern Amazon, ASGM has …

This paper provides the first analysis at the sub-municipality scale of the relationships
between population densities and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon between 2000 and …

Socio-economic development in the Brazilian Amazon is currently reaching national
averages although deforestation activity has been declining for a decade. As a …

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on
topics including social condition of the Tukanoan women after their forced migration …

La idea generalizada de la Amazonia como una región compuesta principalmente por
poblaciones bosquesinas está desactualizada: una gran parte de la población indígena o …

The mobility of nomadic Indigenous people has been systematically constrained over time
by states seeking control over peripheral spaces and people. This is evident in the case of …

Amazonian indigenous populations are approaching a critical stage in their history in which
increasing education and market integration, rapid population growth and degradation of …

Hunting sustainability in Amazonian ecosystems is a key challenge for modern
stakeholders. Predictive models have evolved from first mostly biological data-based to …

Abstract In the Sierra de Perijá, Venezuela, the indigenous Yukpa have long faced
reterritorialization and violent displacement through the expansion of cattle farms, so-called …

O trabalho examina as relações entre o conceito de território, tal como entendido pela
sociedade ocidental moderna em sua dimensão política, e as elaborações espaciais …