Shifting cultivation systems have been blamed as the primary cause of tropical deforestation
and are being transformed through various forms of conservation and development policies …

Anthropologists know that conservation often disempowers already under-privileged groups,
and that it also fails to protect environments. Through a series of ethnographic studies, this …

A agricultura de corte e queima é praticada há milhares de anos nas áreas florestadas do
planeta, principalmente nas regiões tropicais. Sua prática envolve uma gama de técnicas …

The Brazilian colonial context led the Tupiniquim, an Indigenous group, and the Portuguese,
a colonizing group, from the São Vicente area to connect with two places in Rio de Janeiro …

Remotely sensed images have been widely used to model biomass and carbon content on
large spatial scales. Nevertheless, modeling biomass using remotely sensed data from …

Background This study characterized the botanical knowledge of artisanal fishers of the
Lami community, Porto Alegre, southern Brazil based on answers to the following question …

Invasion by alien species is one of the most critical factors affecting global biodiversity,
leading to homogenization and species loss worldwide. Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus …

Coastal communities are experiencing rapid changes on their livelihood due to the
degradation of coastal areas and growing tourism. We analyze the changes in the diet of two …

Swidden agricultural practices reflect a great deal of Indigenous and traditional
ethnobotanical knowledge; however, such system and livelihoods are in decline worldwide …

A biodiversidade mundial está cada vez mais ameaçada pela fragmentação dramática dos
ecossistemas naturais e pelo aquecimento global (Heckenberger et al., 2003; Noble & …