Capital in the Jungle

Governing the Rainforest ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190949389.003.0002 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 36-75

Author(s):

Eve Z. Bratman

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

State Power ◽

Brazilian Amazon ◽

Economic Planning ◽

Amazon Region ◽

Development Projects ◽

The Tropics

Chapter 2 traces the ideational struggles over the Brazilian Amazon from the early explorations of the region by non-indigenous explorers into the 1980s. The chapter specifically highlights the important theoretical undercurrents of how seeing the tropics and the push for modernity in Amazonia became manifested through grandiose development projects and deeply symbolic exertions of state power. This chapter situates the Amazon region as a space fraught with the tension between ecological concerns and state economic planning priorities which often take uneven, incomplete, and erratic forms. These make lasting marks on the landscapes and societal structures in that region, and ultimately provide the ideational foundation for later sustainable development articulations.

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Sustainable University: From the Worldwide Conception to the Brazilian Amazonia

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su131910875 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (19) ◽

pp. 10875

Author(s):

Jacqueline Bailão da Silva Lopes ◽

Thiago Almeida Vieira

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Brazilian Amazon ◽

Amazon Region ◽

Impact Factors ◽

New Paradigm ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Brazilian Amazon Region ◽

The World ◽

Before And After

Higher Education as a transforming instrument in societies raises the need for universities and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) as a whole to be leaders in the current paradigm of the time. The objectives of this study are to verify and analyze the movement and actions around the world that drove and started the conceptual model of Sustainable University (SU), as well as these ideas that started in Brazil and their implications for the reality of the Brazilian Amazon Region. A timeline has been sketched and provides additional theoretical insights into universities’ involvement in events before and after the sustainable development process. The methodological procedures were based on a wide literature review in scientific databases that gather journals with satisfactory impact factors; with the refinement of the searches, 87 scientific articles supported the analysis of this study. The results show that universities have played a prominent role on the world stage since 1950, in the post-war period. In the 1970s, HEIs sought to engage in the design of the new paradigm, and in the 1980s it is enunciated as Sustainable Development and conceptualized by the Sustainability approach. Universities, which had been active in discussions and events related to sustainability from the late 1980s onwards, began to organize themselves more effectively and promote sustainable initiatives to become examples of sustainability. Currently, many HEIs from countries in Europe and North America stand out in the initiatives. In Brazil, according to a global classifier, some HEIs seek to align themselves towards the SU model. Until 2019, no university in the Brazilian Amazon region had integrated the ranking, but in 2020, two appear in the list. It appears that information on the sustainability of universities inserted in the context of the Brazilian Amazon is still incipient.

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Development projects for small rural communities in the Brazilian Amazon region as potential strategies and practices of climate change adaptation

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change ◽

10.1007/s11027-012-9431-1 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 143-160 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Claudio Fabian Szlafsztein

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Rural Communities ◽

Climate Change Adaptation ◽

Brazilian Amazon ◽

Amazon Region ◽

Development Projects ◽

Brazilian Amazon Region

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Governing the Rainforest

10.1093/oso/9780190949389.001.0001 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Eve Z. Bratman

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Historical Analysis ◽

Brazilian Amazon ◽

Conservation Areas ◽

Colonial Era ◽

Hydroelectric Dam ◽

History Of ◽

Development Plans ◽

Extractive Reserves ◽

Road Paving

Sustainable development is among the foremost ideas that guide societal aspirations around the world. This book interrogates the concept through a critical lens, examining both its history and the trajectory of its manifestations in the Brazilian Amazon. The book argues that sustainable development is a concept that is better understood as involving embroilments and ongoing processes of contestation rather than a single end goal. The research offers historical analysis of Amazonian development from the colonial era into the discourse and praxis of sustainable development in contemporary times, and then illustrates the tensions of sustainable development plans that are experienced by people living in the areas geographically the closest to where those plans are being implemented. The history of the Brazilian Amazon is introduced to readers through focused discussions on the tensions between making grand plans for the region and the everyday practices and experiences of sustainable development, which involve considerably more muddling. Case studies explore agrarian reform initiatives that occur alongside road paving projects, the creation of extractive reserves and conservation areas that follow in the wake of assassinations, and the construction of a massive hydroelectric dam. While Amazonian sustainable development is a widely-accepted imperative, the research presented here shows how land use and infrastructure plans conducted in the name of sustainable development often perpetuate and reinforce economic and political inequalities.

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Furuncular Myiasis by Dermatobia hominis (Diptera: Oestridae) in Wild Jaguars in the Amazon Rainforest

Journal of Medical Entomology ◽

10.1093/jme/tjab057 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Matheus Mickael Mota Soares ◽

Luana Machado Barros ◽

Daniela Aparecida Savariz Bôlla ◽

Marlus Queiroz Almeida ◽

Diego da Costa Souza ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Brazilian Amazon ◽

First Record ◽

Amazon Region ◽

Amazon Rainforest ◽

Panthera Onca ◽

Dermatobia Hominis ◽

Furuncular Myiasis

Abstract Two individuals of the jaguar, Panthera onca (L.), were captured near the municipality of Presidente Figueiredo, Brazilian Amazon, during the years of 2017 and 2018. The jaguars presented furuncular myiasis caused by the human botfly Dermatobia hominis (L.) on the rear thighs and tail. This is the first record of infestation of D. hominis in P. onca in the Amazon region.

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Surgical Site Infection Following Caesarean Section by Acinetobacter Species: A Report from a Hyperendemic Setting in the Brazilian Amazon Region

Microorganisms ◽

10.3390/microorganisms9040743 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 743

Author(s):

Blenda Gonçalves Cabral ◽

Danielle Murici Brasiliense ◽

Ismari Perini Furlaneto ◽

Yan Corrêa Rodrigues ◽

Karla Valéria Batista Lima

Keyword(s):

Caesarean Section ◽

Surgical Site Infection ◽

Carbapenem Resistance ◽

Brazilian Amazon ◽

Amazon Region ◽

Site Infection ◽

Acinetobacter Species ◽

Brazilian Amazon Region ◽

Acinetobacter Spp ◽

The Impact

Surgical site infection (SSI) following caesarean section is associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and significant health care costs. This study evaluated the epidemiological, clinical, and microbiological features of Acinetobacter spp. in women with SSIs who have undergone caesarean section at a referral hospital in the Brazilian Amazon region. This study included 69 women with post-caesarean SSI by Acinetobacter spp. admitted to the hospital between January 2012 and May 2015. The 69 Acinetobacter isolates were subjected to molecular species identification, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, detection of carbapenemase-encoding genes, and genotyping. The main complications of post-caesarean SSI by Acinetobacter were inadequate and prolonged antibiotic therapy, sepsis, prolonged hospitalization, and re-suture procedures. A. baumannii, A. nosocomialis and A. colistiniresistens species were identified among the isolates. Carbapenem resistance was associated with OXA-23-producing A. baumannii isolates and IMP-1-producing A. nosocomialis isolate. Patients with multidrug-resistant A. baumannii infection showed worse clinical courses. Dissemination of persistent epidemic clones was observed, and the main clonal complexes (CC) for A. baumannii were CC231 and CC236 (Oxford scheme) and CC1 and CC15 (Pasteur scheme). This is the first report of a long-term Acinetobacter spp. outbreak in women who underwent caesarean section at a Brazilian hospital. This study demonstrates the impact of multidrug resistance on the clinical course of post-caesarean infections.

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Risk-Informed Sustainable Development in the Rural Tropics

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13084179 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (8) ◽

pp. 4179

Author(s):

Maurizio Tiepolo ◽

Vieri Tarchiani ◽

Alessandro Pezzoli

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Rural Areas ◽

The Tropics

In the tropics, rural areas are still the place where many people live, despite ongoing urbanization [...]

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Inadequate management of natural ecosystem in the Brazilian Amazon region results in the emergence and reemergence of arboviruses

Cadernos de Saúde Pública ◽

10.1590/s0102-311x2001000700025 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 17 (suppl) ◽

pp. S155-S164 ◽

Cited By ~ 81

Author(s):

Pedro F. C. Vasconcelos ◽

Amélia P. A. Travassos da Rosa ◽

Sueli G. Rodrigues ◽

Elizabeth S. Travassos da Rosa ◽

Nicolas Dégallier ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Environmental Changes ◽

Epidemiological Data ◽

Brazilian Amazon ◽

Host Population ◽

Amazon Region ◽

Laboratory Animals ◽

Natural Ecosystem ◽

Brazilian Amazon Region ◽

Mining Dam ◽

The Impact

A total of 187 different species of arboviruses and other viruses in vertebrates were identified at the Evandro Chagas Institute (IEC) from 1954 to 1998, among more than 10,000 arbovirus strains isolated from humans, hematophagous insects, and wild and sentinel vertebrates. Despite intensive studies in the Brazilian Amazon region, especially in Pará State, very little is known about most of these viruses, except for information on date, time, source, and method of isolation, as well as their capacity to infect laboratory animals. This paper reviews ecological and epidemiological data and analyzes the impact of vector and host population changes on various viruses as a result of profound changes in the natural environment. Deforestation, mining, dam and highway construction, human colonization, and urbanization were the main manmade environmental changes associated with the emergence and/or reemergence of relevant arboviruses, including some known pathogens for humans.

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