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Policy integration of climate change adaptation in Central America: A review for development, land‐use planning, and risk management

Latin American Policy, Volume 14, Issue 4, Page 534-567, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Central American countries have been described as highly exposed to the negative effects of climate change (CC). Policies dedicated to CC and climate policy integration—mainstreaming—into sectoral policies have been considered key strategies.
Luis Diego Segura Ramírez, Annemarie van Zeijl‐Rozema, Pim Martens   +2 more
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Depopulation and ecological degradation, two dimensions of marginalization, and peripheralization. Ecosystem integrity as an assessment factor in local revitalization

Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 15, Issue 7, Page 1625-1646, September 2023., 2023
Abstract Addressing the pressure that population growth puts on the environment has become a high‐level policy priority. Less discussed is the role of population decline in either enhancing or degrading the natural environment, and how the its reshaping can help new forms of de‐peripheralization and de‐marginalization.
Liliana Castillo‐Rivero, Marine Elbakidze, Philip McCann, Frans J. Sijtsma   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Displacing (in)formality: endangered species, endangered city, and unstable grounds of comparison

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 516-536, June 2022., 2022
Abstract In this article, which is based on ethnographic fieldwork among fog oasis conservationists in Lima, Peru, I show how emergent ethics of conservation become enmeshed with discourses on (in)formality. I demonstrate this by framing contemporary concerns about the endangerment of species endemic to Lima against the background of more long‐running ...
Chakad Ojani
wiley   +1 more source

Using interview surveys and multispecies occupancy models to inform vertebrate conservation

Conservation Biology, Volume 36, Issue 2, April 2022., 2022
Abstract Species distribution data are an essential biodiversity variable requiring robust monitoring to inform wildlife conservation. Yet, such data remain inherently sparse because of the logistical challenges of monitoring biodiversity across broad geographic extents.
Rajeev Pillay, David A. W. Miller, R. Raghunath, Atul A. Joshi, Charudutt Mishra, A. J. T. Johnsingh, M. D. Madhusudan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reducing the blue spectrum of artificial light at night minimises insect attraction in a tropical lowland forest

Insect Conservation and Diversity, Volume 14, Issue 2, Page 247-259, March 2021., 2021
Over 15 000 insects (18 orders) were captured across three lamp types emitting different spectra of light in a Peruvian Amazon forest previously naïve to artificial illumination. White 3000 K LED lamps attracted far more insects (morphospecies and individuals), including groups containing important disease vectors, than yellow and amber‐filtered 3000 K
Jessica L. Deichmann, Christian Ampudia Gatty, Juan Manuel Andía Navarro, Alfonso Alonso, Reynaldo Linares‐Palomino, Travis Longcore   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reconnecting with the past and anticipating the future: A review of fisheries‐derived cultural ecosystem services in pre‐Hispanic Peru

People and Nature, Volume 3, Issue 1, Page 129-147, February 2021., 2021
Abstract Marine ecosystems play a key role in human wellbeing, particularly in the Global South through small‐scale fisheries (SSF). While many have speculated that such activities are central to the provision of cultural benefits (such as cultural identity and heritage values), there are key information gaps regarding SSF cultural contributions to ...
Rocío López de la Lama, Santiago de la Puente, Juan Carlos Sueiro, Kai M. A. Chan, Ricardo Rozzi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Análisis a la integración local caso la fortaleza

Advocatus, 2017
A nivel Internacional como Nacional uno de los flagelos que más daño les hace a los países es el “desplazamiento forzado”, toda vez que miles de personas tienen que salir de sus lugares de origen, por diversas causas (conflicto armado, catástrofes ...
Ana Marisol León Villán, Claudia Liliana Rodríguez Vargas, Yamal Elías Leal Esper   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

La pervivencia del asentamiento humano en la zona de Jumilla

Panta rei, 1996
¿Qué lleva al hombre a ocupar determinados lugares de habitación y a mantenerlos hasta fechas recientes, mientras otros son abandonados u ocupados sólo esporádicamente?
Maria Isabel Urueña Gómez, Maria Luisa Precioso Arévalo   +1 more
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¿Colonos o montaraces? Territorialidades en las selvas fronterizas de Guatemala y México (siglos XVIII-XX)

Revista de Historia, 2021
El texto analiza las modalidades de colonización vividas en la región transfronteriza conformada por el sur del Estado de Campeche —México— y norte del departamento de Petén —Guatemala—.
Rosa Torras Conangla
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Impactos socio ambientales de los asentamientos humanos irregulares en zonas y áreas naturales protegidas: Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México

Revista Ciudades, Estados y Política, 2021
Una característica de las ciudades costeras en México es el alto potencial de recursos naturales; no obstante, el crecimiento demográfico y el potencial turístico y económico de estas ciudades han originado vedas y decretos para su preservación; en el ...
Pedro Leobardo Jimenez Sanchez, María Angélica González Vera, Francisco Javier Rosas ferrusca, Juan Roberto Calderón Maya   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source