The Federal District of Brazil (DF) lies within the Cerrado biome, where open shrubland (savannas) is interspersed with riverside gallery forests and permanent swamps (veredas). Trypanosoma cruzi-infected native triatomines occur in the area, but the enzootic transmission of trypanosomatids remains poorly characterized. A parasitological survey involving sylvatic triatomines (166 Rhodnius negle...

Buriti (Mauritia flexuosa L.f), a palm tree native to South America and widely distributed in Brazil, displays significant ecological, economic biotechnological importance. However, the disorderly extractivism environmental degradation of its endemic areas are leading reductions in, and/or extinction buriti tree, causing ecological imbalance with losses for rural communities genetic diversity. ...

The production of coal from biomass emerges as a sustainable alternative, both to take advantage waste and protect the environment. This research aims aguaje seeds make ecochar. First, (from Pucallpa Yurimaguas) were characterized proximally. They then morphologically (length, diameter, weight), fresh dehydrated. In second part,the carbonization was carried out, using Completely Random Design w...

A gestão dos recursos naturais de maneira responsável é, sem dúvida, um maiores desafios ambiental. Para isso, técnicas sensoriamento remoto têm sido cada vez mais usadas objetivando melhor e maior auxílio à decisão, que é a problemática trata este artigo. Na margem Noroeste (B) do município São Francisco, Norte Minas Gerais, localizado na bacia alto-média rio Francisco onde o Cerrado natural s...