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Out-migration and land-use change in agricultural frontiers: insights from Altamira settlement project
(SpringerDordrechtHolanda, 2012)
Vulnerability and adaptive capacity of community food systems in the Peruvian Amazon: a case study from Panaillo
(Springer, 2015)
Rainfall variability and related hydrological disasters are serious threats to agricultural production in developing countries. Since projections of climate change indicate an increase in the frequency and intensity of ...
Hunters and hunting across indigenous and colonist communities at the forest-agriculture interface: An ethnozoological study from the Peruvian Amazon
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2018-08)
Background: Wildlife has been traditionally used by forest communities as a source of protein, and the Peruvian Amazon is no exception. The articulation of colonist and indigenous communities to urban centers and markets ...
The contribution of multiple use forest management to small farmers' annual incomes in the Eastern Amazon
(Mdpi Ag, 2014-07-01)
Small-scale farmers in the Brazilian Amazon collectively hold tenure over more than 12 million ha of permanent forest reserves, as required by the Forest Code. The trade-off between forest conservation and other land uses ...
Food system vulnerability amidst the extreme 2010-2011 flooding in the Peruvian Amazon: a case study from the Ucayali region
(Springer, 2016)
Projections of climate change indicate an increase in the frequency and intensity of climatic hazards such as flooding and droughts, increasing the importance of understanding community vulnerability to extreme hydrological ...
Participatory domestication of agroforestry trees: An example from the Peruvian Amazon
(Taylor and Francis GroupPE, 2001-08-01)
Valuable tree genetic resources are declining around many farming communities in the Peruvian Amazon, limiting farmers' options for economic development. The International Centre for Research in Agroforestry is working ...
On the possibility of autochthonous Chagas disease in Roraima, Amazon region, Brazil, 2000-2001Sobre a possibilidade da ocorrência de doença de Chagas autóctone em Roraima, Amazônia brasileira, 2000-2001
(Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2019)