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GeoforumThis article focuses on understanding the territorialization processes caused by the decision of the Constitutional Court in Colombia to grant rights to the Atrato River. Against the background of the social-ecological conflicts of extraction, contamination, and direct use of the river's resources, state actors, ethnic and campesinos communities, and ...
Liliana Mosquera-Guerrero, T. Krueger
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Dyna, 2017 This study focuses on the relative importance of the forcing agents of Atrato River plume as it propagates in a tropical estuary located in the Gulf of Uraba in the Colombian Caribbean Sea.
Luis Javier Montoya Jaramillo +2 more
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Flood hazard assessment of Atrato River in Colombia
Water Resources Management, 2007 The flood hazard caused by Atrato River in Quibdo, northwest of Colombia is assessed using statistical modeling techniques (Gumbel and GRADEX), hydraulic modeling with HEC-RAS and the Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Three flood hazard maps for return periods of 10, 20 and 50 years are generated.
S. Mosquera-Machado, Sajjad Ahmad
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Environmental PollutionUnderstanding variations in total mercury (T-Hg) levels in fish is crucial for protecting aquatic biota and human health. This article evaluates the influence of environmental factors (temperature, pH) and biological variables (feeding habits, trophic ...
Jorge Bernal-Alviz +7 more
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People and NatureThis study examines the use of multitemporal vegetation cover analysis as a tool to assess the ecological effectiveness of judicial decisions that recognize the rights of nature, using Colombia's 2016 T‐622 decision on the Atrato River as a case study ...
Juan Camilo Ríos‐Orjuela +4 more
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Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2022 Background. The Afro-descendant communities inhabiting the lower portion of the Atrato River basin in Colombia maintain a close relationship with their environment's biological diversity and ecosystem.
Jeferson Asprilla-Perea +1 more
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A miocene microfauna and flora from the Atrato River, Colombia, South America
Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 1934 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
I. Tolmachoff
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Ecoregional and altitudinal distribution of the principal malaria vectors in Colombia [PDF]
Malaria JournalBackground In Colombia, with over 100,000 cases reported in 2023, malaria is a significant vector-borne disease. The wide range of climates and highly variable topography and land cover of the country support a high species richness, favouring different ...
María C. Carrasquilla +6 more
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Channel Stabilization Interoceanic Sea-Level Canal Lower Atrato River Portion, Route 25 Colombia, South America [PDF]
, 1969 Abstract : Topics discussed include the following: Diversion of the Atrato River into a separate outlet channel; Discharge of the Atrato River into the sea-level canal; and, Interception of the Atrato River and discharge to the Pacific through the San Juan River.
C. P. Lindner
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Law & Social InquiryIn 2016, Colombia’s Constitutional Court recognized the Atrato River as the first water body in Latin America to have its own rights. This article interrogates the historical roots of the judicial decision declaring the river a rights holder.
María Ximena González-Serrano
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