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A framework for maximizing the benefit from retaining regrowth on private land

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Conservation interventions often have lower‐than‐desired positive impacts, as revealed by retrospective counterfactual‐based evaluations. To address this, a prospective counterfactual‐based approach can be used to estimate potential benefits and design conservation interventions to maximize outcomes. We developed a framework for estimating the
Hannah Thomas   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Amenazas cotidianas en la experiencia de mujeres que habitan en asentamientos informales de Copiapó, Chile

open access: yesRevista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres
El aumento de los asentamientos informales en Chile junto a la identificación de más de 399 asentamientos ubicados en zonas de riesgo, revela un panorama preocupante y un llamado a complejizar la mirada sobre la situación de este grupo de población. Este
Katherine Campos-Knothe
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Comparative review of entanglement risk assessments for cetacean conservation and management

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Cetacean entanglement in fishing gear remains a major global threat that exposes persistent gaps in how fisheries management frameworks manage risk to nontarget species. Ecological risk assessment (ERA) offers a structured way to link exposure and consequences to an explicit statement of risk, but entanglement risk assessments vary widely in ...
Laura Joan Feyrer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fortaleciendo el uso de los instrumentos de planificación urbana, para la gestión de riesgos. Ciudad de Coronel, Región del Biobío

open access: yesRevista INVI, 2017
La migración hacia asentamientos urbanos espontáneos, en zonas expuestas a amenazas naturales en los países en desarrollo, aumenta la vulnerabilidad de la población frente a desastres socionaturales.
Edilia del Carmen Jaque Castillo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The link between colorfulness and extinction risk across the world's passerine birds

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Many of the functional traits that mediate extinction risk across the range of biodiversity relate indirectly to a species’ ability to persist in a changing world, yet certain traits such as coloration directly affect human interactions with wildlife.
Montague H. C. Neate‐Clegg   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing responses of reef island seabirds to environmental and anthropogenic drivers

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Tropical insular ecosystems face escalating, cumulative impacts of land‐ and sea‐based ecological threats that jeopardize the long‐term sustainability of their native communities. This joint vulnerability is epitomized by reef island seabirds, which are exposed to reef decline and coastal erosion driven by climate change, reduction in prey ...
Tristan Berr   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Análisis de la amenaza sísmica en Nicaragua: el caso de la ciudad de Managua

open access: yesInvestigaciones Geográficas, 2016
Nicaragua, país centroamericano de 6.2 millones de habitantes, conocido por sus grandes lagos y volcanes activos, se encuentra en el cinturón de fuego del Pacífico, en la zona de subducción de la Placa Coco bajo la Placa Caribe.
Ilton Jardim de Carvalho Jr.   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluación de Riesgos de origen Natural y Antrópico en Instituciones Educativas Fiscales del Cantón Mejía, Ecuador

open access: yesRevista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres, 2022
La educación de los niños y adolescentes es un tema prioritario para cada país del mundo, ya que brinda libertad del individuo y genera estabilidad social, económica y política dentro de una sociedad.
Christian D. Ordoñez Calero
doaj   +1 more source

Protected areas on international borders show uneven conservation outcomes

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Border protected areas (BPAs) are national protected areas that are immediately adjacent to a country's border or span two or more countries; they are characterized by distinctive opportunities and pressures. They play a critical role in protecting carbon‐rich ecosystems, conserving endangered biodiversity, reducing cross‐border environmental ...
Rachakonda Sreekar   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

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