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Fish and Fisheries in the Brazilian Amazon

Fish and Fisheries in the Brazilian Amazon

This book provides comparative data on fish ecology and small-scale fisheries between Tapajos (clear water) and Negro (black water) rivers, in the Brazilian Amazon. These rivers are less studied than white water rivers and few books on Amazon fishes have addressed more than one river basin. These data can serve as a baseline to check future changes or impacts in these rivers, which can be affected by development projects, such as highways, deforestation, mining and dams. Besides information on fish..

DKK 2407.95
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Frontier Making in the Amazon - Economic, Political and Socioecological Conversion - Antonio Augusto Rossotto Ioris

Frontier Making in the Amazon - Economic, Political and Socioecological Conversion - Antonio Augusto Rossotto Ioris

This book discusses the outcomes of more than ten years of research in the southern tracts of the Amazon region, and addresses the expansion of the agricultural frontier, consolidation of the agribusiness-based economy, and expansion of regional infrastructure (roads, dams, urban centres, etc).It combines extensive empirical evidence with the international literature on frontier-making and regional Amazonian development, and adopts a critical politico-geographical perspective that will benefit scholars..

DKK 1154.95
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Socio-Environmental Regimes and Local Visions - Transdisciplinary Experiences in Latin America

Socio-Environmental Regimes and Local Visions - Transdisciplinary Experiences in Latin America

Part I - INTRODUCTION AND THEORETICAL POSITIONING.- Chapter 1 - What do we mean by socio-environmental regimes, local visions, and transdisciplinary approaches?.- Part II - AT THE INTERSECTION OF DIFFERENT SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE.- Chapter 2 - Traditional knowledge in the Colombian Amazon: Between indigenous territorial autonomy and environmental governance.- Chapter 3 - Education in Maya macehual institutions.- Chapter 4 - Ngô ndêt pá khre: environmental governance challenges in the..

DKK 1133.95
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Physical Geography of Brazil - Environment, Vegetation and Landscape

Physical Geography of Brazil - Environment, Vegetation and Landscape

This book presents the Brazilian natural space and environment. It describes the main environmental aspects of Brazil in relation to geology, climate, geomorphology, vegetation, fauna, water resources and environmental issues. The book presents a beautifully illustrated overview of the physical geography of the Amazon Forest, the central Brazilian savannah (Cerrado), the Cocais Forest, the semi-arid area (Caatinga), the Atlantic Forest area, the Pantanal (Brazilian wetlands), the Auraucárias Plateau,..

DKK 1580.95
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Queer Natives in Latin America - Forbidden Chapters of Colonial History - Fabiano S. Gontijo

Queer Natives in Latin America - Forbidden Chapters of Colonial History - Fabiano S. Gontijo

This book defies long standing assumptions about indigenous societies in the Americas and shows that non-heteronormative sexualities were already present among native peoples in different regions of what is now Latin America before the arrival of European colonizers. Presenting data collected from both literature and field research, the authors give examples of native queer traditions in different cultural regions, such as Mesoamerica, the Amazon and the Andes, and analyze how colonization gradually..

DKK 919.95
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Climate Change and Starvation - From Apocalypse to Integrity - Laura Westra

Climate Change and Starvation - From Apocalypse to Integrity - Laura Westra

Chapter 1. Climate Change and Personal Food Choices.Chapter 2 Part 1. The Role of Lands and Forests.Part 2. The Role of Water and Air.Chapter 3. Aggravating Circumstances: Corporate Power against Democracy (Land Grabs for Fodder and Fuel as the Amazon Burns).Chapter 4. Migrants and Refugees From South America to North Africa: Starvation and Climactic Conditions Not Acknowledged.Chapter 5. The Principle of Integrity: A Better Approach to Both Starvation and Climate Change.

DKK 642.95
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MUBI and the Curation Model of Video on Demand - Mattias Frey

MUBI and the Curation Model of Video on Demand - Mattias Frey

Subscription video on demand (SVOD) represents the fastest-growing means to consume films and series. Although market leaders Netflix and Amazon Prime have received much scholarly attention for the way that they use algorithms and big data to connect users to content, there is another significant, relatively unexamined model: curation-style services such as BFI Player, IFC Unlimited, the Criterion Channel or MUBI ¿ the latter, which forms the focus of this book, claims to be the world's most subscribed..

DKK 826.95
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The Digital Innovation Race - Conceptualizing the Emerging New World Order - Bengt-Åke Lundvall

The Digital Innovation Race - Conceptualizing the Emerging New World Order - Bengt-Åke Lundvall

This book develops new theoretical perspectives on the economics and politics of innovation and knowledge in order to capture new trends in modern capitalism. It shows how giant corporations establish themselves as intellectual monopolies and how each of them builds and controls its own corporate innovation system. It presents an analysis of a new form of production where Google, Amazon, Fac, Apple and Microsoft, and their counterparts in China, extract value and appropriate intellectual rents through..

DKK 703.95
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Combating Security Challenges in the Age of Big Data

Combating Security Challenges in the Age of Big Data

This book addresses the key security challenges in the big data centric computing and network systems, and discusses how to tackle them using a mix of conventional and state-of-the-art techniques. The incentive for joining big data and advanced analytics is no longer in doubt for businesses and ordinary users alike. Technology giants like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Fac, Apple, and companies like Uber, Airbnb, NVIDIA, Expedia, and so forth are continuing to explore new ways to collect and analyze..

DKK 1477.95
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Global Governance of the Environment, Indigenous Peoples and the Rights of Nature - Extractive Industries in the Ecuadorian Amazon - Linda Etchart

Global Governance of the Environment, Indigenous Peoples and the Rights of Nature - Extractive Industries in the Ecuadorian Amazon - Linda Etchart

This book explores the obstacles facing indigenous communities, non-governmental organizations, governments, and international institutions in their attempts to protect the cultures of indigenous peoples and the world¿s remaining rainforests.Indigenous peoples are essential as guardians of the world¿s wild places for the maintenance of ecosystems and the prevention of climate change. The Amazonian/Andean indigenous philosophies of sumac kawsay/suma qamaña (buen vivir) were the inspiration for..

DKK 996.95
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