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Taxonomic review of Colombian Parodon (Characiformes: Parodontidae), with descriptions of three new species

Neotropical Ichthyology
We review species of Parodon Valenciennes, 1850 from the Magdalena, Cauca, Orinoco, Amazonas, Atrato and Caribbean-Guajira River basins of Colombia using meristic and morphological characters.
Alejandro Londoño-Burbano, César Román-Valencia, Donald C. Taphorn   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Revision of the Astyanax orthodus species-group (Teleostei: Characidae) with descriptions of three new species

European Journal of Taxonomy, 2018
The Astyanax orthodus species-group includes nine species: Astyanax boliviensis sp. nov., A. bopiensis nom. nov., A. embera sp. nov., A. gandhiae sp. nov., A. moorii comb. nov., A. orthodus, A. superbus, A. villwocki and A. yariguies comb. nov. The group
Raquel I. Riuz-C, César Román-Valencia, Donald C. Taphorn, Paulo A. Buckup, Hernán Ortega   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Habitat‐dependent occupancy and movement in a migrant songbird highlights the importance of mangroves and forested lagoons in Panama and Colombia [PDF]

, 2019
Climate change is predicted to impact tropical mangrove forests due to decreased rainfall, sea‐level rise, and increased seasonality of flooding. Such changes are likely to influence habitat quality for migratory songbirds occupying mangrove wetlands ...
Buckland S. T., Chandler R., Dickson J. G., Gelman A., Gumbricht T., Lefebvre G., Lefebvre G., Morton E. S., R Core Team, Reese R., Royle J. A., Sauer J. R., Smith A. L., U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wunderle J. M., Ziolkowski D. J.   +15 more
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Household-based ceramic water filters for the prevention of diarrhea: a randomized, controlled trial of a pilot program in Colombia. [PDF]

, 2005
Household water treatment is increasingly recognized as an effective means of reducing the burden of diarrheal disease among low-income populations without access to safe water.
Boisson, Sophie, Clasen, Thomas, Collin, Simon, Garcia Parra, Gloria   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Rights of Nature in Practice: A Case Study on the Impacts of the Colombian Atrato River Decision [PDF]

Journal of Environmental Law, 2021
Abstract In recent years, several countries have adopted a new legal approach to address ecological damages by granting fundamental rights to non-human natural entities. Yet, little is known about the actual impacts of this new constitutionalism of nature on environmental protection.
openaire   +1 more source

Right Attributions to Rivers: From Bio-Cultural Rights to the Rights of Future Generations

RUDN Journal of Philosophy
The research shows how the movement of the rights of rivers has open new spaces for subjugated people in Latin America such as Afro-decendent communities, indigenous communities, or the future generations to inject radically different legal and ...
Danny Marrero
doaj   +1 more source

Study of Technological Surveillance in Electric River Mobility for Cargo Transport on the Atrato River, Colombia

Journal of Technology Innovations in Renewable Energy
Electric mobility is a modality that has been implemented worldwide, however, the importance of the use of this type of environmentally friendly energy occupies a space at the top of this list that to provide solutions in this regard, the National Navy through the Corporation of science and technology for the development of the maritime and river naval
Edinson Zapata-Campo, Katherine Rico-Carrillo, Fernando Salazar-Arrieta, Edwin Paipa-Sanabria, Julian Zapata-Cortes   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

From maps to mandates: Multitemporal vegetation cover analysis as a tool to evaluate environmental judicial decisions

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract This 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, Ana María Medina‐Sánchez, William Gonzalez‐Daza, Francisco Villa‐Rojas, Mauricio Madrigal‐Pérez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecological restoration in rights‐of‐nature laws and restoration as a substantive right of nature: challenges and opportunities

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Introduction A growing number of countries have adopted legislation that recognizes nature as a subject of rights. The purpose of many rights‐of‐nature laws is linked to restoring biodiversity and ecosystems. Consequently, an ecosystem's right to restoration has emerged as a substantive right of nature.
Mariam C. Kanyama
wiley   +1 more source

Mosquito species diversity and mosquitoassociated viruses from the Atrato River valley in Northwest Colombia

, 2023
Colombia is one of the hotspots regarding mosquito biodiversity and mosquito-transmitted diseases. Endemic, tropical diseases like malaria and dengue are major public health issues and novel viruses of zoonotic origin like Chikungunya and Zika are emerging.
openaire   +2 more sources