61. PAN-AMAZONIA - Studentships - Research Project - School Of Geography And The Env Panamazonia, School of geography and the Environment, Oxford. She is based at the brazilian Space Agency (INPE), but will visit Oxford University for http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/panamazonia/studentships.html

Home Participants Studentships Workshops 2004 ... Contact us Coming soon: Studentships Studentship 1 Name: From: Colombia Tutors: e-mail: charolsogamoso@hotmail.com Proposal: Carol will start an MSc programme at INPA, Manaus, Brazil, and perform field research, supervised by Regina Luizao (and Bart on the relationship of roots and mycorrhyza with soil respiration and carbon dynamics, in tropical lowland forest of Central Amazon (Cuieiras reserve) and the Colombian Amazon (Amacayacu reserve, Leticia). Studentship 2 Name: Diego Navarrete From: Colombia Tutors: Jerome Chave e-mail: di_nava@yahoo.com Proposal: Diego is developing a project to compare leaf, seed, and fruit production between the same Colombian site and Nouragues, in French Guiana on the other side of the Amazon region, where Chave has a long-established field site with a high frequency, multi-year record of litterfall. Studentship 3 Name: From: Colombia Tutors: Jon Lloyd e-mail: eliana_jimenez@yahoo.com Proposal: Eliana is developing a project in the Parque Nacional Amacayacu, in SE Colombia, to assess the structure, dynamics, and productivity of a western Amazonian forest (to date such work has been completely lacking in the region), and, eventually, to compare the results with similar projects using the same standards being developed by PAN-AMAZON European, Brazilian, and Peruvian investigators. This work will be directly comparable with parallel studies by Pan-Amazonia fellows across Amazonia in Brazil (11) and Peru (10). Studentship 4

62. EOL 8 Journal Issue Review: Brazilian Music brazilian Musics, brazilian Identities is the first of such thematic issues. geography, however, is not the primary preoccupation the issue has been http://research.umbc.edu/eol/8/palombini/

EOL 8 Journal Issue Review Brazilian Musics, Brazilian Identities Special issue of the British Journal of Ethnomusicology 9(1), 2000, edited by Suzel Ana Reily, 167 pp., illustrations, paper, 15.00 GBP. Printed by Hobbs the Printers Ltd., of Totton, Hampshire. Sold by RMS Dooley, Crag House, Witherslack, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria LA11 6RW England. Tel.: + 44 (0) 15395 52286. Fax: + 44 (0) 15395 52013. Email: musicbks@dooley.demon.co.uk Abstract Research on Brazilian music, whether by Brazilian or foreign scholars, has been dominated by the combined mystiques of tri-racial ethnicity and progressive nationalization. While at "the center" ethnography has been primarily drawn upon as a means of illustrating particular theoretical perspectives, in Brazil it is the theoretical models that are fitted to the ethnography. The predictability of the places at which Brazilian musicologists have looked in their quest for musical otherness, however, is rendered evident by the presence of a Japanese scholar's contribution. Keywords Brazilian ethnomusicology, ethnography, nationalism, new musicology

63. Geography And History Of Brazil The geography and history of Brazil. Political geography. Brazil encompasses so much of South America that it shares borders with all South American http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa110997.htm

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64. Geography And Map Of Brazil geography and maps of Brazil. geography note largest country in South America; shares common boundaries with every South American country except http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcbrazil.htm

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66. ABC Country Book Of Brazil - People Flag, Map, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natu Brazil Interactive Factbook geography, Flag, Map,geography, People, Government, Economy, Transportation, Communications. http://www.theodora.com/wfb/brazil_people.html

Index Flag Geography People ... Feedback Brazil Population: 160,737,489 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 31% (female 24,641,868; male 25,515,775) 15-64 years: 64% (female 51,966,272; male 51,254,165) 65 years and over: 5% (female 4,393,530; male 2,965,879) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 1.22% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 21.16 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 8.98 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 57.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 61.82 years male: 56.57 years female: 67.32 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 2.39 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Brazilian(s) adjective: Brazilian Ethnic divisions: Caucasion (includes Portuguese, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish) 55%, mixed Caucasion and African 38%, African 6%, other (includes Japanese, Arab, Amerindian) 1% Religions: Roman Catholic (nominal) 70% Languages: Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French

67. Brazil Travel News And 4**** Tours - Geography Brazil Travel News is a information site about traveling to Brazil Flights, Visas, travel insurance, vaccinations, geography, climate and other general http://www.braziltravelnews.com/geography.html

Brazil Travel Info Brazil Travel Brazil Carnival Travel Amazon Rainforest Travel South America Travel Brazil Travel FAQ Brazil Travel FAQ Brazilian Climate Geography Visa Requirements ... Immunizations Brazilian Geography Map of Brazil Brazil's twenty-six states and the Federal District (Distrito Federal) are divided conventionally into five regions: North Northeast Southeast South Center-West Each of the five major regions has a distinct ecosystem. Administrative boundaries do not necessarily coincide with ecological boundaries, however. In addition to differences in physical environment, patterns of economic activity and population settlement vary widely among the regions. The principal ecological characteristics of each of the five major regions, as well as their principal socioeconomic and demographic features, are summarized below:

68. HLAS 53 Geography Brazil KEITH D. MULLER, Assistant Professor of geography, Kent State University. THE PREDOMINANT GEOGRAPHIC LITERATURE ON BRAZIL for this HLAS volume focuses on http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/ss53geog-muller.html

HLAS Online Home Page Search HLAS Online Help FAQ ... Comments Volume 53 / Social Sciences GEOGRAPHY: BRAZIL KEITH D. MULLER Assistant Professor of Geography, Kent State University THE PREDOMINANT GEOGRAPHIC LITERATURE ON BRAZIL for this HLAS Miscellaneous Amazonia topics include the creation of nature reserves (item bi 91004249), extractive reserves (item bi 91025192), and ecologic/economic zones (item bi 90011941). Works by Vieira and Dematte (items bi 91005421 and bi 91005415) describe and classify soils, and Eden (item bi 91006997) discusses vegetation and soils related to pasture in Roraima. Kohlhepp advocates internationalizing the region's scientific research (item bi 90010735). Development along the Transamazonian (item bi 91000439) and BR 364 Highways (item bi 91025189) is discussed. An excellent analysis by Melo and Moura (item bi 93007658) on Manaus and its hinterland stresses population and migration in the context of regional development. In a journalistic account, Hecht and Cockburn raise important questions confronting the region (item bi 91002222). The question of the "success" of Brasília remains open to debate. Lucarelli

69. Geography Volume 57 / Social Sciences. geography BRAZIL. KEITH D. MULLER, Associate Professor of geography, Kent State University. NOT SURPRISINGLY, topics related http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/ss57geog-muller.html

HLAS Online Home Page Search HLAS Online Help FAQ ... Comments Volume 57 / Social Sciences GEOGRAPHY: BRAZIL KEITH D. MULLER Associate Professor of Geography, Kent State University NOT SURPRISINGLY, topics related to Amazonia dominate the literature on Brazilian geography. One work in this category, The fragile tropics of Latin America, T. Nishizawa, one of the editors of The fragile tropics , was awarded the distinguished Order of Rio Branco, the highest civilian award granted for service to Brazil. This honor pays tribute to his work in Amazonia and the state of Rio de Janeiro, as well as recognizing his leadership of the University of Tskuba (Japan) research team expeditions in the Northeast of Brazil in the 1980s. These expeditions resulted in numerous articles in English and Japanese, particularly in the interdisciplinary journal Latin American Studies, which Nishizawa founded. Professor Nishizawa has also served since 1993 as the Japanese advisor to G-7's Pilot Program to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest. Nigel Smith et al.

70. Oxfam's Cool Planet For Children As Brazil is so vast, covering almost half of South America, there are big regional differences in climate and soil Brazil geography Environment http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/kidsweb/world/brazil/brazgeog.htm

Cool Planet home What is Oxfam? World Children ... Contact us Amazonian rainforest As Brazil is so vast, covering almost half of South America, there are big regional differences in climate and soil conditions. Most of Brazil has tropical or sub-tropical weather; high temperatures and high rainfall, but the North East is prone to drought following deforestation. The El Niño Brazilian skyline Brazil has natural resources such as gold, minerals, oil, and natural gas. Mis-management of these resources has resulted in serious air and water pollution, an unfair distribution of land and wealth, and strong criticism from around the world. Misuse of natural resources is an ongoing problem in Brazil. In 1998, 10 million people were affected by forest fires in Roraima in the Amazon. Five million families are landless, while a wealthy few control 50 per cent of Brazil´s territory. Introduction History Factfile Oxfam in Brazil Photo: Mike Goldwater and Jenny Matthews/Oxfam Site terms and conditions sv=13;

71. World InfoZone - Brazil Information - Page 1 There are three key elements to the physical geography of Brazil the low lying Amazon The flora and fauna of Brazil are as diverse as its geography. http://www.worldinfozone.com/country.php?country=Brazil

72. Roraima, State Of Brazil - Geography information about the geography of Roraima, Brazil. http://www.v-brazil.com/information/geography/roraima/geography.html

Brazil Homepage Brazil Info States of Brazil Roraima Roraima - Geography Map of Rondônia Roraima is the least populated Brazilian State, and also the one with lowest populational density; more than half of population lives in the capital city, Boa Vista. However, Roraima is also the State with the highest rate of population growth, majorly due to internal migrations: numbers grew from 92,000 in 1980 to 324,000 in 2000. The largest part of Roraima is above the Equatorial Line. The northernmost point of Brazil is Monte Caburaí, in Roraima; notice that, until a few years ago, the extreme point was thought to be the river Oiapoque, in the State of Amapá ; today, IBGE has recognized Monte Caburaí as the northern extreme of Brazil, but there are still several references in informational sources to the Oiapoque. About 72% of the State (southern and western zones) is covered by the Amazon forest; the remaining 28% are composed by savannahs (or cerrados, as they are called in Brazil), where most of population lives. The entire State has high temperatures; average annual temperature is around 24 degrees Celsius.

73. Brazil Economy - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Cu Brazil Economy Flags, Maps, Economy, geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, http://www.photius.com/wfb/wfb1999/brazil/brazil_economy.html

MAIN INDEX 1999 INDEX Geography People ... Government Economy Communicat's Transportation Military Transnational ... [TOP] Brazil Economy GDP: agriculture: industry: services: Population below poverty line: 17.4% (1990 est.) Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: highest 10%: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Labor force: 57 million (1989 est.) services 42%, agriculture 31%, industry 27% Unemployment rate: 8.5% (1998 est.) Budget: revenues: $151 billion expenditures: $149 billion, including capital expenditures of $36 billion (1998) Industries: textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment Industrial production growth rate: 4.5% (1997 est.) 291.63 billion kWh (1997) fossil fuel: hydro: nuclear: other: 323.215 billion kWh (1996) 8 million kWh (1996) 37.5 billion kWh (1996) note: imported electricity from Paraguay coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef Exports: $51 billion (f.o.b., 1998)

74. Geography Of Brazil - Geographic Regions, The Environment, Climate geography of Brazil. World Facts Index Brazil geography Map of Brazil. Geographic Regions. Brazil s twentysix states and the Federal District (Distrito http://worldfacts.us/Brazil-geography.htm

Geography of Brazil World Facts Index Brazil Map of Brazil Geographic Regions Brazil's twenty-six states and the Federal District (Distrito Federal) are divided conventionally into five regionsNorth (Norte), Northeast, Southeast (Sudeste), South, and Center-West (see fig. 4). In 1996 there were 5,581 municipalities (municípios ), which have municipal governments. Many municipalities, which are comparable to United States counties, are in turn divided into districts (distritos ), which do not have political or administrative autonomy. In 1995 there were 9,274 districts. All municipal and district seats, regardless of size, are considered officially to be urban. For purely statistical purposes, the municipalities were grouped in 1990 into 559 micro-regions, which in turn constituted 136 meso-regions. This grouping modified the previous micro-regional division established in 1968, a division that was used to present census data for 1970, 1975, 1980, and 1985. Each of the five major regions has a distinct ecosystem. Administrative boundaries do not necessarily coincide with ecological boundaries, however. In addition to differences in physical environment, patterns of economic activity and population settlement vary widely among the regions. The principal ecological characteristics of each of the five major regions, as well as their principal socioeconomic and demographic features, are summarized below. North The equatorial North, also known as the Amazon or Amazônia, includes, from west to east, the states of Rondônia, Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, Pará, Amapá, and, as of 1988, Tocantins (created from the northern part of Goiás State, which is situated in the Center-West). Rondônia, previously a federal territory, became a state in 1986. The former federal territories of Roraima and Amapá were raised to statehood in 1988.

75. Brazil Trivia, Quizzes, Quiz Questions, Fun Facts, Information Quiz about Brazil geography, history and culture, Average, 321, Dec 23 01, ladyguara Here are some questions about the geography of Brazil. http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/geography/south_america/brazil.html

Home Quizzes Global Challenge Prize Games ... Become a Gold Member Now - Get cool FunTrivia features and see no ads or popups! Home Quizzes Geography South America : Brazil Enter the Geography Chat Board Category Editors: minch LilahDeDah Newest Geography Quizzes Create: Create a Brazil Quiz Read Me First Quizzes Title Difficulty Played Online Author A Cruise down the Amazon Welcome aboard on the inaugural Curious Tours Amazon cruise. I'll be your host on this journey, if I have any questions I'll be sure to ask you. So sit back and enjoy, remember at Curious Tours our motto is 'We'll keep you guessing'. Tough May 30 02 quogequox Geographically Speaking - Brazil Brazil is one of the world's largest countries. I'm sure you know that it is a tropical country and the Amazon flows through it, but what else do you know? Tough Apr 27 02 minch Basic Brazilian Geography Here are some questions about the geography of Brazil. Please rate this quiz when you are finished. Tough Nov 14 02 = highest rated quizzes = added recently = has extra info for each qn Editor's Pick = FunTrivia Editor Gold Member info Games are listed by highest rank.

76. African Slaves' Plant Knowledge Vanishing In Brazil Unable to conceive a child, Angela Leony visited a healer in Brazil. The healer, an Afrobrazilian woman whose ancestors descended from African slaves, http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0406_040406_brazilethnobotany.ht

Site Index Subscribe Shop Search Top 15 Most Popular Stories NEWS Front Page Environment Health Offbeat ... Video in the News SPECIAL SERIES The Genographic Project Pulse of the Planet National Geographic Channel RESOURCES (What's this?) Contact Us Front Page African Slaves' Plant Knowledge Vanishing in Brazil John Roach for National Geographic News April 6, 2004 Senhorinha told Leony the problem might be solved by drinking tea made from Estradeira-vermelha, a native pea plant with a bright red flower known for its ability to start the menstrual cycle and facilitate pregnancy. Today Leony has an 18-year-old daughter. Senhorinha's ancestors were African slaves. In Brazil, Senhorinha is one of many elders of such descent who retain a deep understanding and belief in the healing and spiritual powers of South American plants. That cultural heritage is the focus of an ongoing study by Robert Voeks, a professor of geography at California State University, Fullerton. Voeks says Africans had highly evolved, plant-based spiritual and healing traditions before they were brought to Brazil as slaves. Once in South America they adapted their traditions to the New World environment. Africans were the only immigrants in the New World with tropical farming experience, notes Judith Carney, a geography professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and an expert on the traditional plant knowledge of Africans. This botanical knowledge allowed them to grow food for the colonial economy and eased their survival when they escaped from slavery.

77. African Slaves' Plant Knowledge Vanishing In Brazil Unable to conceive a child, Angela Leony visited a healer in Brazil. The healer, an Afrobrazilian woman whose ancestors descended from African slaves, http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0406_040406_brazilethnobotany_2.

Site Index Subscribe Shop Search Top 15 Most Popular Stories NEWS Front Page Environment Health Offbeat ... Video in the News SPECIAL SERIES The Genographic Project Pulse of the Planet National Geographic Channel RESOURCES (What's this?) Contact Us Front Page African Slaves' Plant Knowledge Vanishing in Brazil With the help of a few locals, Voeks established a baseline of 45 known medicinal plants. He then questioned a group of local Afro-Brazilians about the plants and their medicinal properties. Among other insights, Voeks found that Afro-Brazilian elders, especially illiterate women over the age of 50, retain a wealth of knowledge about the medicinal properties of local plants. The finding refutes the perception held by some scholars that the "immigrant" status of 19th-century Afro-Brazilians precluded them from sufficiently learning how to incorporate the local flora into their daily lives. "It is intuitive that someone arriving in the South American rain forest isn't going to have the same mastery [of the local plants] as an indigenous group," Voeks said. "But people have the same requirements and the same needs in any rural folk society." Afro-Brazilians drew from their African traditional plant knowledge. They also incorporated insights from indigenous populations who were also enslaved. In doing so, they established a knowledge of South American plants that continues today, Voeks said.

78. Brazil: Map, History And Much More From Answers.com Main article geography of Brazil. Brazil is characterized by the extensive More from geography. GuruNet, Dialing Code information about Brazil http://www.answers.com/topic/brazil

showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Government ... More... On this page: Dictionary Encyclopedia Map Local Time Geography Dialing Code Currency Stats Anthem Recipes WordNet Wikipedia Misspellings Translations Best of Web Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping Brazil Dictionary (Click to enlarge) Brazil (Mapping Specialists, Ltd.) Bra·zil brə-zÄ­l A country of eastern South America. The largest country in the continent, it was ruled by Portugal from 1500 to 1822, when it became a separate empire ruled by Pedro I, son of King John VI of Portugal. A republic was established in 1889. Bras­lia has been the capital since 1960; S£o Paulo is the largest city. Population: 184,000,000 . Bra·zil i·an WORD HISTORY The name Brazil is derived from the Portuguese and Spanish word brasil, the name of an East Indian tree with reddish-brown wood from which a red dye was extracted. The Portuguese found a New World tree related to the Old World brasil tree when they explored what is now called Brazil, and as a result they named the New World country after the Old World tree. The word brasil is cognate with French br©sil

79. Brazil - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia geography. Map of Brazil. Map of Brazil. Main article geography of Brazil. Brazil is characterized by the extensive lowlying Amazon Rainforest in the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil

Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other uses, see Brazil (disambiguation) Brazil portal The Federative Republic of Brazil Repºblica Federativa do Brasil in Portuguese ) is the largest and most populous country in Latin America , and the fifth largest in the world. Spanning a vast area between central South America and the Atlantic Ocean , it borders Uruguay Argentina Paraguay Bolivia ... Suriname and France French Guiana ) — every South American nation except for Ecuador and Chile . Named after a 14th-century legend of a mystical island ([ Hy-Brazil ]) that was supposed to exist somewhere in the Atlantic ocean, Brazil is home to both extensive agricultural lands and rain forests . Exploiting vast natural resources and a large labor pool, it has the biggest GDP in South America (10th in the world) and is today South America's leading economic power and a regional leader. As a former colony of Portugal, Portuguese is its official language Repºblica Federativa do Brasil Flag of Brazil Coat of Arms National motto : Order and Progress Portuguese : Ordem e Progresso) Official language Portuguese Capital Bras­lia Largest city S£o Paulo President Luiz In¡cio Lula da Silva Area ... 8,511,965 km²

80. Brazil - Geography (Grades 2-4) Brazil geography By Ekaterina Zhdanova-Redman Brazil - geography. Sample This is only a sample pre-made worksheet. Sign up now! http://www.edhelper.com/ReadingComprehension_Geography_113_1.html

Sample Brazil - Geography (Grades 2-4) Worksheet Reading Comprehension Worksheets edHelper.com Subscribers: Build a printable worksheet with the complete story and puzzles Build a proofreading activity With just one subscription, you will have access to the math, spelling, vocabulary, and critical thinking worksheets! Sign up now for the subscriber materials! Brazil - Geography By Ekaterina Zhdanova-Redman Brazil is a country in South America. It is the largest country on that continent and the fifth largest country in the world. It covers as much territory as almost the entire continent of Europe and is just slightly smaller than the United States. Brazil borders almost every country in South America except Ecuador and Chile, and is also bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the east. Brazil is the most populous country in South America. The Amazon River that flows through Brazil is the longest river in the Western Hemisphere and is the second longest river in the world after the Nile River. In terms of the area it covers and the amount of water it carries, the Amazon is the largest river in the world. Another amazing feature of the Amazon River is its widthit ranges from one to thirty-five miles wide! The river is named after the women-warriors of Greek mythologyAmazons. It is believed that while traveling by the river, one of the early Spanish explorers was attacked by the tribes of native people, among which were many women warriors. That is why the river was called the Amazon.

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