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21 de outubro de 2024

The Global Environment and World Politics

Environmental issues are increasingly important factors in world politics – just think of the intense speculation over the climate change discussions at the forthcoming G8 summit. The study of global environmental politics draws on a variety of academic traditions. It uses international relations theory to look at the concerns and […]
21 de outubro de 2024

Making law matter: environmental protection and legal institutions in Brazil

Although many developing countries have environmental statutes, regulations, and resolutions on the books, these laws are rarely enforced and often ignored. Making Law Matter presents the first book-length treatment of an innovative prosecutorial institution, the Brazilian Ministrio Publico, which refashioned itself in the 1980s into a powerful defender of citizen rights in […]
21 de outubro de 2024

Biodiversidade e relações sociais na Amazônia

O objetivo deste trabalho é buscar compreender as relações sociais que envolvem a coleta e extração de produtos das florestas amazônicas,e identificar em que medida as populações detentoras do saber etnobotânico se inserem socialmente. Analisa-se, entre outras questões, contratos de empresas extratoras Glaxo Wellcome S.A .,Extracta Moléculas Naturais Ltda e […]