What are some of the traditional resource management practices of indigenous communities in the Amazon?

Nov 19, 2018 ... A surge in deforestation under Brazil's president could "tip" the Amazon, affecting weather and water supplies—in Brazil and beyond ... Feb 15, 2017 ... Mature forests across all of Amazonia have contributed significantly to mitigating climate change for decades. Yet Amazon nations have not directly benefited. Compared to the slow process of vegetation growth and carbon assimilation, rapid mortality, and biomass consumption by forest fires favor grass species as ... Brazil's Amazon is home to more uncontacted Indigenous peoples than anywhere in the world. There are thought to be at least 100 uncontacted groups in this ... Jun 8, 2017 ... We show that deforestation can reduce dry season rainfall by up to 20% far from the deforested area, namely, over the western Amazon basin and the La Plata ... Jul 15, 2024 ... ... Amazon forest carbon uptake, offset by Savannah carbon release”. I find the title confusing – consider rewording. Decreasing Amazon forest ... 1. The Amazon is the world's largest tropical rainforest. Covering over 5.5 million square kilometres, it's so big that the UK and Ireland would fit into it 17 ... Sep 23, 2019 ... These fires, however, are often deliberately set as part of slash-and-burn agriculture — a method of growing food in which farmers and cattle ... Jun 22, 2012 ... Forest structure and dynamics vary across the Amazon Basin in an east-west gradient coincident with variations in soil fertility and geology. Aug 7, 2024 ... An aggressive campaign. In the southern Amazon forest, in a large Indigenous territory in the municipality of Juína, discontent was spreading ...