Patricia Shanley

People and Plants International

This chapter provides an overview of the empirical evidence regarding the association between green space in general, and forests and trees in particular, and health outcomes. The evidence is organised by life stage, and within the three life stages – early life (Section 3.2.), adulthood (Section 3.3.) and the elderly (Section 3.4.) – by type of he...

This chapter gives an overview of five categories of response options available to secure health benefits of forests, trees and green spaces: the management of access; spatial dimensions; design, communications and education; and governance and economics. Across these areas, some common solutions emerge, although response options differ between set...

Since the death of Chico Mendes three decades ago, nearly half of the Amazon forest area has been conserved through the collective sacrifice and struggle of thousands of forest-reliant families in Brazil, twined with political will and dense scientific and technical capacity. The key position that once marginalized, rural women have played in this...

Since the death of Chico Mendes three decades ago, nearly half of the Amazon forest area has been conserved through the collective sacrifice and struggle of thousands of forest-reliant families in Brazil, twined with political will and dense scientific and technical capacity. The key position that once marginalized, rural women have played in this...

In light of decades of deforestation and biodiversity loss, the recent trend of increasing consumer interest in indigenous Amazonian fruits as well as a political climate more receptive to a conservational policy agenda offers an opportunity to be realized. As our study indicates, management of fruit trees in which wild, serni-domesticated and cult...

Resumo O presente artigo analisou o mercado de amêndoas de semente de cumaru (Dipteryx odorada (Aubl.) Willd.) no estado do Pará na safra de 2005. As informações secundárias foram obtidas através do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística IBGE e do sistema de informação Aliceweb, do Ministério do Desenvolvimento, Indústria e Comércio Exteri...