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Rio 2016 : Olympic myths, hard realities
\"Rio 2016 assembles the views of leading experts on Brazil and the Olympics into a clear-eyed assessment of the impact of the games on Brazil in general and on the lives of Cariocas, as Rio's residents are known\"--Publisher's website.
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Sex Tourism in Bahia
For nearly a decade, Brazil has surpassed Thailand as the world's premier sex tourism destination. As the first full-length ethnography of sex tourism in Brazil, this pioneering study treats sex tourism as a complex and multidimensional phenomenon that involves a range of activities and erotic connections, from sex work to romantic transnational relationships. Erica Lorraine Williams explores sex tourism in the Brazilian state of Bahia from the perspectives of foreign tourists, tourism industry workers, sex workers who engage in liaisons with foreigners, and Afro-Brazilian men and women who contend with foreigners' stereotypical assumptions about their licentiousness. She shows how the Bahian state strategically exploits the touristic desire for exotic culture by appropriating an eroticized blackness and commodifying the Afro-Brazilian culture in order to sell Bahia to foreign travelers.
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Rio 2016
A clear-eyed, critical examination of the social, political, and economic costs of hosting the 2016 summer Olympics The selection of Rio de Janeiro as the site of the summer 2016 Olympic Games set off jubilant celebrations in Brazil—and created enormous expectations for economic development and the advancement of Brazil as a major player on the world stage. Although the games were held without major incident, the economic, environmental, political, and social outcomes for Brazil ranged from disappointing to devastating. Rio 2016 assembles the views of leading experts on Brazil and the Olympics into a clear-eyed assessment of the impact of the games on Brazil in general and on the lives of Cariocas, as Rio's residents are known. Edited by sports economist Andrew Zimbalist, the other contributors include Juliana Barbassa, Jules Boykoff, Jamil Chade, Stephen Essex, Renata Latuf, and Theresa Williamson.
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Rio 2016
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: \"Welcome to Hell\" -- The Olympics in the Twenty-First Century: Where Does Rio 2016 Fit In? -- Brazil's Olympic Rollercoaster -- Not Everyone Has a Price: How the Small Favela of Vila Autódromo's Fight Opened a Path to Olympic Resistance -- Architecture and Urban Design: The Shaping of Rio 2016 Olympic Legacies -- Strictly Confidential: Access to Information and the Media in Rio -- Safety for Whom? Securing Rio for the Olympics -- Green Games: The Olympics, Sustainability, and Rio 2016 -- The Economic Legacy of Rio 2016 -- Contributors -- Index -- Back Cover.
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In Search of Legitimacy
Every year, countless young adults from affluent, Western nations travel to Brazil to train in capoeira, the dance/martial art form that is one of the most visible strands of the Afro-Brazilian cultural tradition.In Search of Legitimacyexplores why \"first world\" men and women leave behind their jobs, families, and friends to pursue a strenuous training regimen in a historically disparaged and marginalized practice. Using the concept of apprenticeship pilgrimage-studying with a local master at a historical point of origin-the author examines how non-Brazilian capoeiristas learn their art and claim legitimacy while navigating the complexities of wealth disparity, racial discrimination, and cultural appropriation.
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COVID-19 pandemic and tourism: The impact of health risk perception and intolerance of uncertainty on travel intentions
Understanding tourist behavior during and after major tourism crises is essential to help destinations recover. The COVID-19 pandemic — a period of uncertainty and risk — makes it relevant to assess factors that influence travel intentions. There has been little research on tourist behavior during health crises and, in particular, on perceived health risk and uncertainty effects on travel intentions. This study was carried out at the beginning of the pandemic in Brazil and aims to investigate the role of health risk perception and intolerance of uncertainty on travel intentions for 2020 and 2021. We applied an online survey to 1150 Brazilian participants from April to May 2020. Our findings indicate that perceived COVID-19 severity, perceived probability of infection, and expected duration of the pandemic are significant predictors of travel intentions for both years. This paper contributes to a deeper understanding of crisis-resistant tourists’ characteristics and provides insights for destinations’ recovery.
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Species distribution modeling reveals strongholds and potential reintroduction areas for the world’s largest eagle
The highly interactive nature of predator-prey relationship is essential for ecosystem conservation; predators have been extirpated, however, from entire ecosystems all over the Earth. Reintroductions comprise a management technique to reverse this trend. Species Distribution Models (SDM) are preemptive tools for release-site selection, and can define levels of habitat quality over the species distribution. The Atlantic Forest of South America has lost most of its apex predators, and Harpy Eagles Harpia harpyja-Earth's largest eagle-are now limited to few forest pockets in this domain. Harpy Eagles are supposedly widespread in the Amazon Forest, however, where habitat loss and degradation is advancing at a rapid pace. We aim to describe the suitability of threatened Amazonian landscapes for this eagle. We also aim to assess the suitability of remaining Atlantic Forest sites for Harpy Eagle reintroductions. Here we show that that considerable eagle habitat has already been lost in Amazonia due to the expansion of the \"Arc of Deforestation\", and that Amazonian forests currently represent 93% of the current distribution of the species. We also show that the Serra do Mar protected areas in southeastern Brazil is the most promising region for Harpy Eagle reintroductions in the Atlantic Forest. Reintroduction and captive breeding programs have been undertaken for Harpy Eagles, building the technical and biological basis for a successful restoration framework. Our distribution range for this species represents a 41% reduction of what is currently proposed by IUCN. Furthermore, habitat loss in Amazonia, combined with industrial logging and hunting suggest that the conservation status of this species should be reassessed. We suggest researchers and conservation practitioners can use this work to help expand efforts to conserve Harpy Eagles and their natural habitats.
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Are Stakeholders Aware of the Contributions of Ecosystem Services for Their Well-Being? A Case Study of a UNESCO Geopark Project in Brazil
Policy makers, scientists, non-governmental organizations, and practitioners are increasingly acknowledging the relevance of biodiversity and ecosystem services (ES) for achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. This is however influenced by the personal awareness and interests of stakeholders, which can lead to conflicts about ecosystem management and conservation priorities. In the Global South, where poverty and power asymmetries are more pronounced, inclusive approaches to decision making are crucial to achieve sustainable development “leaving no one behind.” We assessed awareness of different stakeholder groups in the Corumbataí watershed, a UNESCO Geoparks project, about the relevance of ES for their well-being (WB) to determine if the perceptions about their relevance differ among them. We found that stakeholders selected regulating and cultural services as the most relevant ES, while security and health emerged as the most relevant categories of WB. Meanwhile, we found lack of awareness about the relevance of some ES underpinning WB categories they highly valued, e.g., groundwater recharge or rain regulation and its relevance for potable water availability. Gender, education, and age had a significant effect on the valuation of ES and WB categories, with women linking provisioning ES to both security and basic material WB and men connecting provisioning services more often to security. Assessing stakeholders’ perceptions about the relevance of ES for their WB can shed light on personal socio-ecological relations. Tailored education programs could support sustainable development programs.
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