[HTML][HTML] Beyond diversity loss and climate change: Impacts of Amazon deforestation on infectious diseases and public health

JH Ellwanger, B Kulmann-Leal, VL Kaminski… - Anais da Academia …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
Amazonian biodiversity is increasingly threatened due to the weakening of policies for
combating deforestation, especially in Brazil. Loss of animal and plant species, many not yet …

Ecosystem services provided by armadillos

TF Rodrigues, AMB Mantellatto, M Superina… - Biological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Awareness of the natural ecological processes provided by organisms that benefit human
well‐being has significantly progressed towards the goal of making conservation a …

Hunting strategies used in the semi-arid region of northeastern Brazil

RRN Alves, LET Mendonça, MVA Confessor… - Journal of ethnobiology …, 2009 - Springer
Hunting for wild animals is stimulated by the many different human uses of faunal resources,
and these animals constitute important subsistence items in local communities in the …

The uncovered volumes of bushmeat commercialized in the Amazonian trifrontier between Colombia, Peru & Brazil

N van Vliet, MPQ Mesa… - Ethnobiology and …, 2014 - ethnobioconservation.com
The Importance of bushmeat trade in Amazonian towns has been very little studied, either
because it is thought to be insignificant or due to the context of illegality. Based on …

A conspiracy of silence: Subsistence hunting rights in the Brazilian Amazon

AP Antunes, GH Rebêlo, JCB Pezzuti… - Land Use Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Subsistence hunting is an important cultural activity and a major source of dietary protein
and other products for indigenous and non-indigenous populations throughout Amazonia …

Hunting and wildlife use in an Atlantic Forest remnant of northeastern Brazil

JB de Souza, RRN Alves - Tropical Conservation Science, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
The hunting of wild vertebrates is a widespread practice in Brazil. From a socioeconomic
perspective, this is important for providing meat and other products. However, there are big …

Controlling access to oil roads protects forest cover, but not wildlife communities: a case study from the rainforest of Y asuní B iosphere R eserve (E cuador)

E Suárez, G Zapata‐Ríos, V Utreras… - Animal …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Through the analysis of a case study from A mazonian E cuador, this paper evaluates the
impacts of two oil‐road management approaches on the structure and composition of …

[HTML][HTML] Non-legalized commerce in game meat in the Brazilian Amazon: a case study

P Chaves Baía Júnior, DA Guimarães… - Revista de biología …, 2010 - scielo.sa.cr
In tropical forests, wild game meat represents an option or the only protein source for some
human populations. This study analyzed the wildlife meat trade destined to human …

Life cycle assessment of the construction of an unpaved road in an undisturbed tropical rainforest area in the vicinity of Manu National Park, Peru

G Larrea-Gallegos, I Vázquez-Rowe… - The International Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose The main goal of this study is to provide a thorough environmental sustainability
analysis of the construction, traffic, and maintenance of a 45.6-km section of the 'Manu …

Singing for cages: the use and trade of Passeriformes as wild pets in an economic center of the Amazon—NE Brazil route

WMS Souto, MAR Torres, BFCF Sousa… - Tropical …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Illegal bird-keeping and pet trade are some of the major threats to Neotropical birds. The aim
of the present study was to detail aspects of the use and trade of wild Passeriformes as pets …