The harmful effects of oil on various species of flora and fauna have been studied
extensively; however, few studies have studied the effects of oil exposure on human health …

Crude oil production (COP) is a high-pollution industry but the vast Amazon rainforest has
been an active COP zone for South America. Although COP has been associated with a …

Abstract Cacao from South America is especially used to produce premium quality
chocolate. Although the European Food Safety Authority has not established a limit for …

Though qualitative methods are often an appropriate Indigenous methodology and have
dominated the literature on Indigenous research methods, they are not the only methods …

Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is primarily concerned with the future consequences of
plans, proposals and policies on the health of communities. It is a rapidly growing …

To date, much of the empirical work in social epidemiology has demonstrated the existence
of health inequalities along a number of axes of social differentiation. However, this …

This study evaluates the risk of groundwater contamination from unlined oil pits, in the
Northern Ecuadorian Amazon (NEA). Applying spatial analysis, several maps were provided …

Ecological Economics from the Ground Up takes a unique and much-needed bottom-up
approach to teaching ecological economics and political ecology, using case studies that …

É discutida a participação das comunidades em situações de injustiça ambiental na
produção de conhecimentos, as quais são decorrentes de desigualdades e de …

Amazonian fishes employ diverse migratory strategies, but the details of these behaviours
remain poorly studied despite numerous environmental threats and heavy commercial …