Anne Elisabeth Laques

Institute of Research for Development | IRD · 228

During the COVID-19 pandemic, urban green spaces were considered less prone to contagion, and thus people adopted them as alternative sites for improving mental health. The One Health concept advocated by health organizations worldwide supports the idea that the well-being of urban residents is strongly linked with physical activity in green areas....

This project aims to develop a methodological framework and operationalize a spatial processing chain to identify landscape units with the deployment of multi-source scales from Remote Sensing. Landscape mapping is crucial for monitoring and understanding a wide range of processes, and for addressing challenges such as land-use planning and biodive...

O acesso à terra foi identificado como desafio a diversos grupos sociais na região do semiárido brasileiro (BURSZTYN et al., 2020). A insegurança fundiária é, para esses grupos sociais, uma das questões mais urgentes e que inviabiliza respostas aos demais desafios, como a adaptação às mudanças climáticas. Entre esses grupos destacam-se as comunidad...

The Brazilian Legal Amazon contains important reservoirs of forest that are threatened by stakeholders’ behaviour. The Cadastro Ambiental Rural (CAR; Rural Environmental Registry) database was used to define the limits and classes of landowner according to private property size. For each class, we identified the annual forest-cover/cover-loss profi...

The effectiveness of a program of payment for environmental services (PES) in the Brazilian Amazon was analyzed through an accurate mapping of deforested areas. The Bolsa Floresta Program (BFP) in Amazonas state (Brazil) was chosen as an example of a PES program that aims to compensate farmers for their commitment to zero deforestation of primary f...

La implementación de esquemas de pago por servicios ambientales (PSA) en áreas públicas protegidas plantea varias preguntas en los ámbitos económico, social y ambiental. En este documento, analizamos el caso del Programa Bolsa Floresta (PBF) de Brasil, establecido en las Unidades de Conservación de la Naturaleza del estado de Amazonas y considerado...

The Brazilian Amazon forest area has many isolated communities practising small-scale agriculture in a primary forest matrix. Grant programmes, such as the Bolsa Floresta Programme (BFP), aimed to protect the forest and reduce social injustice by offering financial support for family agricultural operations as a mitigation measure for deforestation...

The European Landscape Convention (ELC) has affirmed and legitimised the role of the landscape in the quality of life of people, emphasizing the importance of both remarkable and ordinary landscapes. Therefore, the convention should ensure that landscape issues are taken into account everywhere - in rich and poor regions and in different cultural c...

Esta obra inova por oferecer ao leitor diversos olhares sobre o tema ambiental unindo o direito ambiental às ciências da Terra. Destaca-se por incorporar a multi, a inter e a transdisciplinaridade necessárias para efetivação da legislação ambiental, a qual deve ser elaborada a partir do conhecimento e da assimilação dos conceitos das ciências da Te...

As áreas protegidas possuem grande importância na manutenção do ambiente saudável para as pessoas e a natureza. Esses territórios, são essenciais para a conservação da biodiversidade e vital para as culturas e meios de subsistência das comunidades tradicionais (UNEP; WCMC; IUCN, 2018). Nesse contexto, o presente estudo, possui o objetivo de desenvo...

The present work presents an integrated view of landscape analysis through the construction of a signature system for the analysis of landscape types. These signatures were based on metrics that informed different patterns for each landscape type, which allowed the behavior of the landscape to be visually analyzed. The signature system was applied...

The text brings reflections on the challenges posed to the world due to the pandemic, both for its face of fear, amplified by the cacophony of political decisions, but also from the perspective of mutual aid and hope for a better future. The analysis of the pandemic impact on society is based on vulnerability framework. Three angles of analysis are...

INTRODUÇÃO Quando este texto for publicado, talvez o pico da crise tenha passado em muitos países, ou talvez ainda estejamos vivendo novas etapas da pandemia global. A Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) declarou a epidemia de coronavirus como sendo uma emergência de saúde pública internacional em 30 de janeiro de 2020, e reconheceu o status de pand...

Nas pastagens, as árvores e arbustos, remanescentes da floresta original ou oriundas da chuva de sementes, fazem parte das plantas espontâneas; por um lado podem ser consideradas competidoras que enfraquecem a forrageira, por outro lado podem ser responsáveis por uma dinâmica equilibrada, inclusive diminuindo a densidade das competidoras. O objetiv...

One way of looking at the relationship between health and its geographical context is through the notion of place, that is, the part of the territory in which we live, that we go to, where unfolds our daily life and that we practice different experiences. Space can be considered as a set of territories and places where events occur simultaneously,...

One way of looking at the relationship between health and its geographical context is through the notion of place, that is, the part of the territory in which we live, that we go to, where unfolds our daily life and that we practice different experiences. Space can be considered as a set of territories and places where events occur simultaneously,...

The creation of protected areas is considered as the main strategy for preservation and conservation of the natural and cultural heritage of the planet (Diegues, 2000). However, Hockings et al. (2006) state that in order to achieve these objectives, it is necessary to carry out and advance the management and administration of these protected areas....

The objective of this study was to evaluate the environmental effectiveness of the Bolsa Floresta Program (BFP), a payment scheme for environmental services implemented in 2008 by the state of Amazonas. The effectiveness of the program was assessed using a methodology for detecting land use change by remote sensing analysis, comparing the periods b...

Many trophic indices have been constructed for temperate aquatic environments, but few have proved reliable for tropical environments. Indices constructed on the basis of nutrients may not be effective for describing the trophic state because the fractions of nitrogen and phosphorus differ in their potential to predict the nutrient limitation in tr...

Here we present an original method for the automation of landscape identification in a satellite image. There are two major challenges in this process. The first lies in the ability to take all expert knowledge into account for the full time it takes to analyze the image. The second is successfully structuring and persisting this knowledge so that...

Here we present an original method for the automation of landscape identification in a satellite image. There are two major challenges in this process. The first lies in the ability to take all expert knowledge into account for the full time it takes to analyze the image. The second is successfully structuring and persisting this knowledge so that...

RESUMO Utilizando dados de uso e cobertura da terra, desmatamento e localização de unidades de processamento de leite, uma árvore de decisão foi aplicada para identificar os Sistemas Produtivos Agropastoris (SPA) predominantes no estado de Rondônia, e analisar como mudanças nesses sistemas ao longo do tempo configuraram distintas paisagens na escal...

Based on data on land-use and and-Cover, deforestation and -location of milk processing units, a decision tree was applied to identify predominant Agricultural Production Systems (SPA) in Rondônia State, and to analyze how changes in these systems over time configured different landscapes at a regional scale. This methodology allowed monitoring the...

Nas últimas duas décadas surgiram metodologias e procedimentos técnicos, que visam avaliar o nível de efetividade das áreas protegidas, com o intuito de identificar a real capacidade dessas áreas em planejar e implementar políticas públicas, relacionadas a temática socioeconômica e ambiental. Nesse contexto o presente estudo, surge com a finalidade...

Today civil society have new expectations: scientists must not only measure risks and suggest solutions of mitigation or adaptation, but they also have to monitor and report changes in order to facilitate public decision. Reporting global change nowadays is based on indicators. The main challenge is to find synthetic, and valid indicators for time...

Today civil society have new expectations: scientists must not only measure risks and suggest solutions of mitigation or adaptation, but they also have to monitor and report changes in order to facilitate public decision. Reporting global change nowadays is based on indicators. The main challenge is to find synthetic, and valid indicators for time...

O presente estudo objetiva expor o desenvolvimento do Índice de Controle Ambiental-ICA das Unidades de Conservação do Maranhão, a partir da mensuração de indicadores ambientais e institucionais. Busca-se dessa forma, representar a influência da dinâmica territorial sobre a efetividade das 11 UCs do Maranhão. Metodologias como esta tornam-se cada ve...

O presente estudo tem como objetivo analisar a dinâmica social e econômica das Unidades de Conservação do Estado do Maranhão, a partir do desenvolvimento do Índice de Desenvolvimento Social - IDS. Com a finalidade de avaliar de forma sintética se a dinâmica social e econômica das UCs do estado alinhada com os objetivos da área protegida, bem como s...

The present study aims to analyze the social and economic dynamics of the Conservation Units of the State of Maranhão, based on the development of the Social Development Index (IDS). With the purpose of evaluating in a synthetic way the social and economic dynamic of the PAs of the state aligned with the objectives of the protected area, as well as...

The present study aims to develop the Environmental Control Index –ECI (ICA, in portuguese) of the protect areas of Maranhão, based on the measurement of environmental and institutional indicators. This research seeks to represent the influence of territorial dynamics on the effectiveness of protected areas applied in 11 PAs of Maranhão. Methodolog...

Forest fragmentation and deforestation are subjects of great concern in tropical regions, namely in South America and Africa, contributing to a rapid loss of tropical forest area and with serious implications for ecosystem functioning and biodiversity conservation. Despite the decrease in deforestation rates in recent years, the Brazilian Amazon, w...

Trata-se de artigo exploratório-descritivo da expedição científica realizada na Reserva de Desen-volvimento Sustentável do Uatumã (RDS do Uatumã) em agosto de 2017 pela equipe de pesquisa do projeto conjunto entre Brasil-França denominado por SINBIOSE “Système d’INdicateurs de BIOdiversité à l’uSage des actEurs: Biodiversité terrestre et aquatique...

Trata-se de artigo exploratório-descritivo da expedição científica realizada na Reserva de Desen-volvimento Sustentável do Uatumã (RDS do Uatumã) em agosto de 2017 pela equipe de pesquisa do projeto conjunto entre Brasil-França denominado por SINBIOSE “Système d’INdicateurs de BIOdiversité à l’uSage des actEurs: Biodiversité terrestre et aquatique...

The study proposes to analyze the influence of local socioeconomic characteristics and the level of effectiveness of the Extractive Reserves of Maranhão. The aim is to understand how socioeconomic characteristics in the local and regional context influence the achievement of protect areas objectives. For this, the study proposes its development und...

THE PAST AND PRESENT OF THE MARANHÃO CONSERVATION UNITS, BRAZIL It is understood the protect areas as the most important strategic instrument directed to the protection of the environmental patrimony and socio-cultural. With this understanding, it is inferred to the study the objective of analyzing the level of effectiveness of the protect areas o...

In the last decades, the Cerrado, considered a hotspot of biodiversity, has faced hard anthropic transformations. An example of this dynamism is the region of Chapada dos Veadeiros, located in the north of the state of Goiás. Located in Central Brazil has an active landscape with several areas used for sustainability and with important socioeconomi...

Landscape dynamics in Amazon floodplains: a study of Lake Grande do Curuai, Pará, Brazil. Abstract: Floodplains in the Amazon are areas of great economic, social and ecological importance. Occupation in these areas brings various impacts due to its complexity and fragility. This paper aims to analyze dynamics of change in land use and land cover in...

In the last decades, the Cerrado, considered a hotspot of biodiversity, has faced hard anthropic transformations. An example of this dynamism is the region of Chapada dos Veadeiros, located in the north of the state of Goiás. Located in Central Brazil has an active landscape with several areas used for sustainability and with important socioeconomi...

Floodplains in the Amazon are areas of great economic, social and ecological importance. Occupation in these areas brings various impacts due to its complexity and fragility. This paper aims to analyze dynamics of change in land use and land cover in the floodplain of Lago Grande do Curuai, near Santarém city, in the state of Pará. To that end, geo...

Low Carbon Emission Agriculture: Impact Assessment on a Brazilian Public Policy

Trata-se de artigo exploratório-descritivo da expedição científica realizada na Reserva de Desen-volvimento Sustentável do Uatumã (RDS do Uatumã) em agosto de 2017 pela equipe de pesquisa do projeto conjunto entre Brasil-França denominado por SINBIOSE "Système d’INdicateurs de BIOdiversité à l’uSage des actEurs: Biodiversité terrestre et aquatique...

In the last decades, the Cerrado, considered a hotspot of biodiversity, has faced hard anthropic transformations. An example of this dynamism is the region of Chapada dos Veadeiros, located in the north of the state of Goias. Located in Central Brazil has an active landscape with several areas used for sustainability and with important socioeconomi...

It is important to insert agricultural research in this paper by considering it as a strategic area for providing knowledge and a technological base for agricultural production, considering that this sector generates outcomes with respective impacts to rural zones, supply-chain, economy, society and environment, representing a key piece for reachin...

The present study aims to compare the metrics effect in an anthropized landscape at different scales and forest layers. Redundancy analyses were made between plant variables vs. landscape metrics. The proportion of non-forested area and fragments density affected the three layers in all scales, reflecting the strong effect of habitat loss and fragm...

Dengue control is a challenge today due to its complexity and involving the multiple variables and multiple scales. According to Medronho (2004), the multiple variables that contribute to its behavior and spatial component are fundamental for its comprehension, like climate, relief and land cover. The spatial analysis, focusing mainly on the landsc...

The watershed of Lago Grande do Curuai is a floodplain region subject to the floods of the Amazon River, located in the state of Pará, near the cities of Óbidos and Santarém. For the purpose to understand the space-time dynamics of the land use and coverage of the region, images of orbital sensors from the Landsat 5 and 7 satellites were classified...

The present study is developed with the purpose of analyzing the spatial dynamics of land use and occupation of Extractive Reserves of the Ciriacó and Mata Grande, aiming to evaluate the level of effectiveness and management of Conservation Units - UC's, as well as to monitor the changes. In the landscape from a multitemporal analysis between the p...

By the year of 2002, Cerrado biome has suffered a loss of 54.9% of its original area due to deforestation and human action. National Park of Chapada dos Veadeiros Influence Region (RIPNCV), situated north of the state of Goias and 240 km from Brasília is an important expansion area of modern agriculture, been one of the main economic actions respon...

Agricultural systems and indicator system: assessing the impact of climate change on food security in an Amazonian flood basin | In Amazonia, climate change mainly involves discorder of the floods. It disturbs the agricultural systems of the waterside population of the Amazon and exposes those populations to food insecurity. In order to facilitate...

In Amazonia, climate change mainly involves discorder of the floods. It disturbs the agricultural systems of the waterside population of the Amazon and exposes those populations to food insecurity. In order to facilitate the analysis of the study area farming systems (Lago Grande de Curuaï), a typology was made using Bertin’s matrix, allowing the i...

In Amazonia, climate change mainly involves discorder of the floods. It disturbs the agricultural systems of the waterside population of the Amazon and exposes those populations to food insecurity. In order to facilitate the analysis of the study area farming systems (Lago Grande de Curuaï), a typology was made using Bertin’s matrix, allowing the i...

O presente estudo objetiva avaliar o efeito das métricas de uma paisagem antropizada em diferentes escalas sobre os diferentes estratos da vegetação. Foram realizadas RDA entre as variáveis da vegetação vs. métricas de paisagem. As métricas proporção de área não-florestada e densidade de fragmentos influenciaram os três estratos da vegetação em tod...

O uso de técnicas de geoprocessamento, sensoriamento remoto e análise da paisagem tem destaque, como instrumentos para medir, através da identificação de diversos fragmentos de paisagem, a eficácia das políticas de gestão de áreas protegidas no lado brasileiro da fronteira entre o Estado do Amapá e a Guiana Francesa. As análises tratam especificame...

The current Amazon landscape consists of heterogeneous mosaics formed by interactions between the original forest and productive activities. Recognizing and quantifying the characteristics of these landscapes is essential for understanding agricultural production chains, assessing the impact of policies, and in planning future actions. Our main obj...

Chapada dos Veadeiros is a microrregion located in the north region of Goiás, a Brazilian state, and also a scenario of one of the most biodiverse bioma, which is named Cerrado. Furthermore, Chapada dos Veadeiros is an important global environmental reserve where take place an ethnic cultural exchange, especially when it concerns its traditional co...

A saúde tem uma forte relação com meio ambiente. A Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) estabeleceu claramente a existência de fatores de riscos ambientais que desenvolvem um papel preponderante em mais de 80% das doenças frequentemente encontradas e destaca que diversas medidas podem ser tomadas para recuar a carga de morbidez ambiental. Entretanto,...

Cartographier et suivre la dynamique de la superficie forestière et de l'occupation du sol à la périphérie de la forêt humide malgache est l'une des préoccupations des décideurs et des institutions impliquées dans le domaine de l'environnement. Une commune rurale est choisie, Androy (Région Haute Matsiatra), dans la zone périphérique du parc de Ran...

The need of useful information for decision-makers to fight against desertification in Tunisian dry zones leads to conceive assessing and monitoring systems that can supply synthetic indicators. These latter should integrate socioeconomic and environmental dimensions with their spatial and temporal diversity at the local scale. This paper proposes...

Cet article présente l'intérêt et la méthodologie de construction d'un site sentinelle sur la zone transfrontalière entre la Guyane française et l'Amapá (Brésil), pour la caractérisation et le suivi de l'impact des processus environnementaux, climatiques et socio-démographiques sur le paludisme. Nous présentons et discutons les concepts de site sen...

Landscape analysis and geotechnologies to monitor health-environment interactions : a case study in the Chapa dos Veadeiros, Goias, Brazil. The Health has a strong interrelationship with the Environment issue. Despite that interrelationship these issues can not be addressed through classical and narrow conceptual bases. It is necessary a multidisci...

The landscape study as a tool for analyzing protect areas on the border between Brazil and France. Great impacts have been observed on the Amazon Ecosystem because human occupation and absence of proper environmental planning on that region. Brazil has addopted protected areas as a mechanism of environment public policy as well as indigenous land p...

During the last decades, a range of protected and restricted areas has been set up in the Low Oyapock (French Guyana, Amapá State). During the same time, settlement policies and the opening up of the area have created a strong attraction, which led to the opening of roads, the building of a transborder bridge, a soaring demography and an important...