Bertha
K
Becker, UFRJ, b.becker@uol.com.br
(Presenting)
Diogenes
S
Alves, INPE, dalves@dpi.inpe.br
Eustaquio
J
Reis, IPEA, ejreis@ipea.gov.br
Ima
C
Vieira, MPEG, ima@museu-goeldi.br
Mateus
Batistella, EMBRAPA, mb@cnpm.embrapa.br
(preliminary list of authors)
By focusing on the linkages between human-induced land cover/use change and the functioning of Amazonian systems, LBA research needs significant contributions from the social and human sciences.
This talk summarizes two major outcomes of the “human dimensions” component within the framework of LBA, aimed at developing a stronger interface between the natural and the social and human sciences.
First, a survey of the scientific literature in human sciences in the period 1990-2002 is presented. The survey identified scientific production on the themes of cities, networks, ethno-cultural representations, agriculture and extractivist activities, and the dynamics of industrial activities in the Amazon, which originated a special report for the LBA Scientific Steering Committee entitled “Síntese da Produção Científica em Ciências Humanas na Amazônia: 1990-2002”.
The talk also summarizes the outcomes of the Workshop on Human Dimensions held in Ubatuba, São Paulo, to discuss a research agenda and related topics, such as databases, logistics, regional development, institutions and governance, land tenure and the agrarian question, population dynamics, urbanization, environmental valuation and land cover/use change.