Reducing public participation in a formal procedure: Limits of public meetings concerning the installation of the dams of the Madeira River (Brazilian Amazon)

Open Budgetary Meetings Amid a Pandemic: Assessing Connecticut’s Various Pathways to Public Engagement During COVID-19

The Journal of Civic Information ◽

10.32473/joci.v2i4.127493 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 55-76

Author(s):

Jodie Gil ◽

Jonathan L Wharton

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Analysis ◽

Public Participation ◽

Public Engagement ◽

Multiple Perspectives ◽

Public Meetings ◽

Open Meeting

This qualitative analysis of public participation in Connecticut open meetings highlights how Connecticut communities adjusted when the state’s open meeting law was temporarily revised under emergency order during COVID-19. A survey of officials in 95 municipalities found a majority had the same or more participation in budget deliberations during that time. Only about a quarter saw decreased public participation. A closer look at four communities highlights specific challenges and successes during the sudden shift in public meetings. Connecticut’s varied forms of government give multiple perspectives, which can provide insight for other communities looking to expand virtual access to open meetings.

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Age, Religion, and Taboos Influence Subsistence Hunting by Indigenous People of the Lower Madeira River, Brazilian Amazon

Journal of Ethnobiology ◽

10.2993/0278-0771-40.2.131 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 40 (2) ◽

pp. 131

Author(s):

Simon B. Knoop ◽

Thais Q. Morcatty ◽

Hani R. El Bizri ◽

Susan M. Cheyne

Keyword(s):

Indigenous People ◽

Brazilian Amazon ◽

Subsistence Hunting ◽

Madeira River

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Assessment of mental suffering in a population affected by the Madeira River flood in the Brazilian Amazon

International Journal of Advanced Engineering Research and Science ◽

10.22161/ijaers.72.22 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 155-165

Author(s):

Carlos Alberto Paraguassu-Chaves ◽

Allan Kardec Duailibe Barros Filho ◽

Carlos Tomaz ◽

Maria Clotilde H Tavares ◽

Lenita Rodrigues Moreira Dantas ◽

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Keyword(s):

Brazilian Amazon ◽

River Flood ◽

Madeira River

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A new species of Coccoloba P. Browne (Polygonaceae) from the Brazilian Amazon with exceptionally large leaves

Acta Amazonica ◽

10.1590/1809-4392201804771 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 49 (4) ◽

pp. 324-329 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Efigenia de MELO ◽

Carlos Alberto CID FERREIRA ◽

Rogério GRIBEL

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Natural Habitat ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Brazilian Amazon ◽

Cultivated Plants ◽

New Taxon ◽

Madeira River ◽

Individual Trees ◽

A New Species

ABSTRACT We describe and illustrate a new species of Coccoloba (Polygonaceae), named Coccoloba gigantifolia, from the Brazilian Amazon. It resembles Coccoloba mollis Casar, but differs from the latter species by its much larger leaves in the fertile branches. The species has only been recorded in the Madeira River basin, in the states of Amazonas and Rondônia, in the central and southwestern Brazilian Amazon. The description was based on herbarium material, cultivated plants, and individual trees in their natural habitat. We provide illustrations, photographs, and an identification key with morphological characteristics that distinguish the new taxon from the other two related taxa of the Coccoloba sect. Paniculatae, as well as comments on the geographic distribution and conservation status of the species.

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