66 resultados para Devastation
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Tropical Depression 16 (TD16) crept up on disparate populations in Belize over a period 8-16 October 2008. TD16 struck less than five months after the first named tropical storm of the 2008 Atlantic season, Arthur. The storm had been forecasted to dump up to 10 inches of rain over Belize and up to 15 inches in isolated areas. Arthur had devastating effects on Belize, particularly the southern regions where bridges collapsed and lives were lost. It was in the aftermath of such devastation that Belize faced TD16. The consequence of TD16 is what falls under the purview of this assessment.
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Pós-graduação em Agronomia - FEIS
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Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia) - IBB
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
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As alterações ambientais na Amazônia perpassam por uma série de fatores e atores sociais demonstrando uma complexidade de interesses que vão desde a substituição da floresta por pastagens e pela agroindústria, até a super-exploração dos recursos pesqueiros, e pela construção de hidrelétricas e exploração de minérios, entre outros. Apesar da continuada criação de Unidades de Conservação no sentido de manter a integridade de parte da floresta, percebe-se que a devastação segue, com números alarmantes, a cada novo ano que entra. Neste cenário, as estradas têm papel fundamental. O surgimento e expansão das estradas na Amazônia vêm sendo um dos grandes vetores dessas mudanças, gerando além da devastação, alterações sociais, ambientais, econômicas e culturais, permeadas por conflitos e tensões variados. Neste sentido, este trabalho identifica e analisa através da pesquisa de campo na comunidade de São João do Abade, os impactos sócio ambientais da PA-136 na Reserva Extrativista Marinha Mãe Grande de Curuçá, área reconhecida legalmente como RESEX desde 2002. A referida estrada liga o município de Castanhal a Curuçá, na Zona do Saldado, região costeira do estado do Pará.
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
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Situando-se no âmbito da história ambiental, este artigo trata de aspectos relacionados à devastação da floresta que recobria originalmente grande parte das terras que fazem parte do Vale do Paranapanema, no período que se estendeu entre os anos de 1890 e 1944. Como eixo documental de análise foram utilizados diversos tipos de processos que integram o Arquivo do Fórum da Comarca de Assis, considerando a grande quantidade de documentos descritivos da região como forma de obter elementos para abordar o tema do desmatamento.
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Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Produção Vegetal) - FCAV
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This paper appears in order to promote a discussion on the use and ways of working with the land. For this, we present a scenario of conflict initiated in Pontal do Parananema, São Paulo, Brazil, between the peasantry and the agrohidronegócio. The Pontal is a territory marked by agrarian and land conflicts, originated by the illegal occupation of land by the squatters, the decimation / expropriation of indigenous, and deforestation and environmental devastation. This conflict is represented today by the sugarcane agro-industrial capital companies on one side, and the other peasants. The expansion occurs agrohidronegócio strongly from 2005, due mainly to the change in the energy matrix of the country and state incentives with strong momentum in the production of flex-fuel vehicles. Rural agrarian reform settlements, made possible by the state under pressure from social movements, are spatialized in 16 municipalities with a total of 112 settlements, occupying an area of 139. 682 hectares, seating 5. 892 families. These families have seen their possibilities of social reproduction increasingly suppressed by the advance of sugarcane agrohidronegócio in the region, which suffocates the living spaces and work of these peasants. Front of it, agroecology is an alternative for these workers to ensure their reproductive possibilities. Agroecology also arises as a means of confronting agribusiness model, adding elements to the environment, such as the eradication of the use of pesticides and considering the dynamics of nature to promote agriculture, and social order, contributing food sovereignty and the production of healthy food and diversity to the population...
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
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Abstract Yellowstone National Park is located over a hot spot under the North American tectonic plate and holds a potentially explosive super-volcano that has the ability to cause deadly consequences on the North American continent. After an eruption the surrounding region would see the greatest devastation, covered by pyroclastic deposits and thick ash fall exterminating most all life and destroying all structures in its path. In landscapes of greater distance from the event the consequences will be less dramatic yet still substantial. Records of previous eruption data from the Yellowstone super-volcano show that the ash fall out from the eruption can cover areas as large as one million square kilometers and could leave Nebraska covered in ash up to 10 centimeters thick. This would cause destruction of agriculture, extensive damage to structures, decreased temperatures, and potential respiratory hazards. The effects of volcanic ash on the human respiratory system have been shown to cause acute symptoms from heavy exposure. Symptoms include nasal irritation, throat irritation, coughing, and if preexisting conditions are present some can develop bronchial symptoms, which can last for a few days. People with bronchitis and asthma are shown to experience airway irritation and uncomfortable breathing. In most occurrences, exposure of volcanic ash is too short to cause long-term health hazards. Wearing facial protection can alleviate much of the symptoms. Most of the long-term ramifications of the eruption will be from the atmospheric changes caused from disruption of solar radiation, which will affect much of the global population. The most pertinent concerns for Nebraska citizens are from the accumulation of ash deposits over the landscape and the climatic perturbations. Potential mitigation procedures are essential to prepare our essentially unaware population of the threat that they may soon face if the volcano continues on its eruption cycle.
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)