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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 uppsatser innehållade orden Amazonian Peru.
1. Ecosystems Services in swidden agriculture in the Peruvian tropical Andes : the Kechwa-Lamas farm-forestry system
Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentSammanfattning : In the Amazon, life supporting services are importantly associated to forest areas. Nevertheless, the connection of ecosystem services to agricultural systems it is also of great importance, because agriculture is one of the most important causes of degradation and loss of these areas. LÄS MER
2. 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
3. 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
4. Jagt, sex og død. Et studie af airo-pais jagtritualer i amazonskoven
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/SocialantropologiSammanfattning : The aim of this study is to explore relations between the Amazonian indigenous people Airo-pai and the animals and spirits inhabiting their natural environment. The thesis analyzes how non-human animals and spirits interact with Airo-pai during rituals and subsistence activities in their everyday life. LÄS MER
5. From Demonic Agency to Divine Presence: A Study of Human-Entity Relations at an Ayahuasca Treatment Centre
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/SocialantropologiSammanfattning : The present thesis is a qualitative exploration of a group of patients’ experiences of going through an ayahuasca treatment as well as the human-entity relations they come to be constitutive of during the treatment. The ingestion of ayahuasca allows the drinker to enter a non-ordinary reality which opens up the possibility of having encounters with demons, spirits, angels, saints, animals and God, as perceived by informants. LÄS MER