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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    October, 2011
    Brazil

    Estatuto da Cidade se insere em amplo processo de reforma jurídica Complementação por novas leis federais Uma nova ordem jurídico-urbanística Ordem jurídica mudou significativa e Estructuralmente Nova ordem institucional na esfera federal Mercantilização da cidade Defasagem jurídica Defasagem institucional Conteúdos do Estatuto da Cidade Um novo paradigma sobre a questão da propiedades Ordem pública e direitos colectivos Natureza jurídica do planejamento territorial Natureza da gestão urbana Lembrar do debate constituinte Limites da ordem jurídica Problemas de eficácia jurídica Problemas de

  2. Library Resource

    FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES TOWARDS TRANSFORMING ECONOMIC POWER

    Reports & Research
    January, 2011
    Brazil

    This paper on agroecology and women's empowerment in Brazil includes a long section on "The Right to Land and Natural Resources in Brazil"  from a feminist perspective. It is published by the Association of Women’s Rights in Development (AWID). The summary of this article follows. 

  3. Library Resource
    January, 2012
    Indonesia, India, Brazil

    This paper examines how developing countries have attempted to promote rural development through biofuel production, what social outcomes those strategies have created and what lessons can be learned. This is done by comparing the contexts of Brazil, India and Indonesia; three countries with important agricultural sectors that have put large-scale biofuel programmes in place. The analysis indicates a disparity between the social discourse and the adopted biofuel policy instruments.

  4. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    December, 2011
    Brazil

    As the biofuels are emerging as promising alternative transportation fuels across the world, they also offer huge potential for international trade in biofuels. A number of trade barriers such as import tariffs and domestic support have limited the scope for trade in biofuels. The purpose of this study is to analyze the implications of U.S. biofuel mandates, subsidies and import tariffs on global trade and welfare.

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2011
    Brazil

    A partir de 2005, se produce una caída consistente y significativa de las tasas de deforestación en la Amazonía brasileña. La tasa anual pasó de 27. 400 km² en 2004 a 6.500 km² en 2010 - el nivel más bajo desde el inicio de las mediciones anuales en 1988.

  6. Library Resource
    Document aggregated from Resource Equity Landwise Database
    January, 2012
    Brazil
  7. Library Resource
    January, 2012
    Brazil

    Brazil’s consolidation as an emerging economy is not easily attributed to any political or economic miracle. Brazil has consciously adapted a large part of its commercial and financial strategy to changes in the global arena. As worldwide demand has grown for raw materials—especially for single-crop agriculture, oil and minerals—Brazil’s growing economy has become increasingly dependent on the export of commodities.

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