Whether the issue is treatment of animals, human health or property, wilderness and species preservation, pollution or environmental degradation, the prevailing and largely unchallenged view is that the issues of environmental justice are for the most part distributive issues. I think this wholesale ...
2010. Uncertainties in Amazon hydropower development: Risk scenarios and environmental issues around the Belo Monte dam. Water Alternatives 3(2): 249-268.JUNIOR, Wilson Cabral de Sousa, REID, John, "Uncertainties in Amazon hydropower development: Risk scenarios and environmental issues around the ...
Chemistry of the Amazon: Biodiversity, Natural Products, and Environmental Issues. ACS Symposium Series No. 588, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1995, xii+315 pp., ISBN 0‐8412‐3159‐1, $89.95... R. Molyneux - John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 被引量: 0发表: 1996年 A Review of:...
Environmental destruction in Amazonia takes many forms, such as deforestation, loss of animal and plant populations from the remaining forest, disturbance and pollution from mining, flooding by hydroelectric dams, and elimination of tribal peoples and their cultures. The various types of destruction are...
Amazon.com announced it will disclose its carbon footprint later this year, giving consumers and investors new insight into the environmental cost of its popular two-day shipping. The company also pledged in a blog post Feb. 18 that half of its shipments would be “net zero” carbon — also...
An Amazon spokesperson reaffirmed in a media statement the company's "unwavering" commitment to environmental issues. "We have launched several major and impactful programs and are working hard to integrate this approach fully across Amazon," said the spokesperson. ...
(NRDC), an environmental advocacy organization. When it comes to recycling centers, even if they do accept plastic film, it can be hard, if not impossible, to process, as they often get caught in the center's machinery, a spokesperson from the recycling, landfill, and compost operator...
This book delves into the heart of these issues, offering a comprehensive and poignant exploration of the sustainability crisis in the world's largest rainforest region. The narrative is structured to guide readers through the intricate web of environmental, economic, and social threads that define ...
Understanding how species are distributed according to environmental and spatial variation is still one of the main issues in community ecology. We analysed the responses of semiaquatic bugs (Gerromorpha: Hemiptera) to environmental and spatial processes considered drivers of metacommunity structure in ...
Brazil has approximately 60 percent of the Amazon basin within its border, which is being deforested at an increasing speed to creat more farmland. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has long been skeptical of environmental issues, pledging instead to allow more clearances and make economic use of ...