Deforestation in protect areas in the Amazon: a threat to biodiversity
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DOI: 10.1007/s10531-019-01867-9
Abstract: The creation of protected areas (Protected Areas—CA and Indigenous Lands—IL) is one of the effective strategies to contain deforestation, and landscape fragmentation and conserve biodiversity. However, several such areas in the Amazon suffer from anthropogenic… read more here.
Keywords: protected areas; indigenous lands; areas amazon; vegetation ... See more keywords
Neighborhood effects in the Brazilian Amazônia: Protected areas and deforestation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2018.11.006
Abstract: This article investigates whether protected areas are efficient instruments against deforestation in the Brazilian Amazonia. A Dynamic Spatial Durbin Model taking into account both the location bias and the spatial spillover effects between municipalities allows… read more here.
Keywords: neighborhood effects; areas indigenous; deforestation; indigenous lands ... See more keywords
Dynamics of active fire data and their relationship with fires in the areas of regularized indigenous lands in the Southern Amazon
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rsase.2021.100570
Abstract: Abstract An increase in active fire data in the Amazon puts the entire international community on alert, as they may result in fires and deforestation. Thus, this study aims to present the dynamics of active… read more here.
Keywords: data relationship; indigenous lands; fire data; dynamics active ... See more keywords
Brazil threatens Indigenous lands
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DOI: 10.1126/science.abb6327
Abstract: The article discusses that Brazil's President, Jair Bolsonaro has adopted anti-environmental measures for the Amazon forest, along with plans to use Indigenous lands for mining, extraction of oil and gas, and construction of hydroelectric dams… read more here.
Keywords: threatens indigenous; brazil threatens; indigenous lands;
The spectacle of reconciliation: On (the) unsettling responsibilities to Indigenous peoples in the academy
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DOI: 10.1177/0263775818824342
Abstract: This paper places geographies of responsibility on stolen and occupied Indigenous lands in settler colonial Canada. Responsibilities to Indigenous lands and peoples are contextualized within the spectacle of reconciliation in Canada. In drawing on a… read more here.
Keywords: spectacle reconciliation; indigenous lands; reconciliation; responsibilities indigenous ... See more keywords