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As relações estabelecidas entre a natureza e as diversas formas de organização social podem situar a questão ambiental a partir dos primeiros núcleos de atividade humana. Contudo as dimensões adquiridas pelos impactos ambientais desde o pós-guerra inseriram o debate ambientalista no contexto de ruptura do paradigma da Modernidade. O livro Desenvolvimento sustentável e geografia brasileira investiga os principais eixos teórico-conceituais associados ao desenvolvimento sustentável e analisa como os geógrafos no Brasil estabelecem referências a esses mesmos eixos conforme os ramos – físico, humano e/ou instrumental – em que atuam. Discorre-se também sobre a polissemia envolvendo os termos "desenvolvimento" e "sustentabilidade" ao se resgatar suas origens históricas, semânticas e etimológicas. Finalmente, aborda-se a dicotomia entre Geografia Física e Geografia Humana, apontando seus desafios e tecendo considerações no tocante ao estudo da sociedade e da natureza desenvolvido por essa ciência.
Framing the issues; Subsistence hunting; Market hunting and collecting; Wildlife farming and ranching; Sport hunting; Commercial Uses; The future.
This volume investigates how large herbivores not only influence the structure and distribution of the vegetation, but also affect nutrient flows and the responses of associated fauna. The mechanisms and processes underlying the herbivores' behavior, distribution, movement and direct impact on the vegetation are discussed in detail. It is shown that an understanding of plant/animal interactions can inform the management of large herbivores to integrate production and conservation in terrestrial systems.
Domestic and wild large mammalian herbivores occur on every continent except Antarctica. Through their browsing and grazing, they affect the structure and distribution not only of vegetation, but also of associated fauna. Consequently, the interactions between management practices and herbivore populations influence the biodiversity, structure and dynamics of ecosystems across vast expanses around the globe: signs of human activity that will be detectable for epochs to come. As a follow-up work to The Ecology of Browsing and Grazing, published in 2008, this new volume presents cutting-edge research on the behaviour, distribution, movement, and direct and indirect impacts of domestic and wild herbivores on terrestrial ecosystems. The respective chapters highlight strategic and applied research on cross-cutting issues in palaeontology and ecology, and provide concrete recommendations on the management of large herbivores to integrate production and conservation in terrestrial systems. Given its scope, the book will appeal to students, researchers and anyone interested in understanding these fascinating wild animals and how they shape the natural world.
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This volume examines sport’s relationship with the environment in the context of the ongoing climate crisis. Contributors examine how sport is implicated in environmentally damaging activities,how decisions are made about how to respond to environmental issues, who benefits most and least from these decisions.