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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 uppsatser innehållade orden Amazon s Forest.
1. Struggling to make a life in the Peruvian Amazon: A case study on the livelihood activities in the indigenous community Naranjal
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperSammanfattning : International climate mitigation agendas increasingly focus on the conservation of tropical forests such as the Amazon due to their high potential of sequestering large amounts of carbon. At the same time, Peru’s Amazonian frontier is increasingly subject to market pressures and other factors contributing to deforestation and the expansion of the agricultural frontier. LÄS MER
2. Agroforestry the Silver Bullet for Sustainable Agriculture? A multi-stakeholder analysis of Peru's Agroforestry Policy in fostering sustainable smallholder agriculture in the Amazon.
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementSammanfattning : Over three-quarters of the world’s poor live in rural areas and many of them depend on agriculture to earn a living. In a context of climate change, Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) is addressed as one of the main sources of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. LÄS MER
3. Estimating the number of LTE Cell IDs; a comparison of different species richness estimators
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistikSammanfattning : Species richness estimation is an ongoing difficult statistical problem. Most of the research done in this subject focuses on biological data even though, a lot of the methods can be applied more widely. LÄS MER
4. Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon-Based Settlements: A Socio-Ecological Approach
Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionenSammanfattning : Global change is substantially led by greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions (Ruddiman, 2013). In Brazil, the largest emission rates come from the forestry & land-use change sector, which historically accounts for more than half of Brazil’s emissions (SEEG, 2016a). LÄS MER
5. Real utopias and dystopias from the Colombian Amazon : collective future scenarios under government & FARC-EP post-agreement period
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUCSUSSammanfattning : After more than 50 years of internal armed conflict, the peace agreement between the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia- People’s Army (FARC-EP) raises both hope and concern. There are several opportunities for people, derived from wealth and land redistribution. LÄS MER