Economic activity entails the use of natural resources and the production of residues that often harm the environment and the population at large. The unsustainable use of resources and the environmental degradation resulting ...

Esta publicación tiene como objetivo general promover el manejo sostenible de los recursos naturales en la subregión central, mediante el establecimiento de un sistema de investigación y diseminación de tecnologías en forma ...

Geography takes precedence in the analysis and understanding of the phenomena materialised in the geographic space considering the multiple nuances of the society-nature relationship and its underlying contradictions. ...

La degradación del medio ambiente debido a la actitud adoptada por el hombre hacia la naturaleza en los últimos siglos, al utilizar los recursos naturales de forma indiscriminada, a dado lugar, a uno de los problemas ...

The present study aims to verufy how the quilombola community of Lajeado, in Dianopolis, Tocantins, deals with nature or what is its relationship with the natural resources. This study starts with a bibliographic research ...

The Amazon is Brazil's greatest natural resource and invaluable to the rest of the world as a buffer against climate change. The recent election of Brazil's president brought disputes over development plans for the region ...

Urban sprawl and agricultural activities give rise to strong pressures on natural resources, particularly on the water resources due to erosion processes. In llha Solteira (Brazil), the occurrence of porous sandy soils ...

The degradation of MSW in landfills occurs naturally from the beginning of the disposal, during landfill operation and even after its closure, over a period of several years. The monitoring of closed landfills can be quite ...