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Aquatic insects associated to Eichhornia azurea (Schwartz) Kunth in wetlands of Atrato River, Chocó - Colombia

Revista Colombiana de Ciencia Animal Recia, 2018
The objective of this study was to characterize the aquatic insect community associated with Eichhornia azurea (Schwartz) Kunth in four swamp of the middle and lower basin of the Atrato river (Chocó-Colombia) during high and low water periods; the ...
Zuleyma Mosquera Murillo
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Portrait of the Upper-Middle Basin of the Atrato River, an approach fromenvironmental history

, 2023
Introduction. This article presents an approach to the environmental history of the upper-middle basin of the Atrato River. Under the interpretive paradigm of the social sciences, the cultural notions around the River are taken as an object of study, whichallowed us to understand the bilateral relationship between nature and society in the territory ...
García Jurado, Mayra Alejandra, Soto Urrea, Wilson Hernando, García Jurado, Mayra Alejandra, Soto Urrea, Wilson Hernando   +3 more
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Distribution of the Atrato slider Trachemys medemi, future projections under climate change scenarios and conservation insights

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The Atrato slider Trachemys medemi is a freshwater turtle endemic to the Atrato River basin in the Urabá region of north-west Colombia. Although there is limited information about the species, it was provisionally categorized as Vulnerable on the IUCN ...
Juliana Gaviria-Hernández, Octavio Rojas-Soto, Claudia P. Ceballos   +2 more
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Fossil freshwater fishes from the Pliocene of northern Colombia and the palaeogeography of northern South America

Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 12, Issue 4, July/August 2026.
Abstract Freshwater fishes from the northwestern Colombian Andes are reported from the Pliocene Sincelejo and Ware formations. A total of 10 taxa have been identified, involving two orders, five families and nine genera. Characters from dental morphology, fin spines and cranial bones are provided as taxonomic tools for the study of fossil fishes.
Gustavo A. Ballen, Camilo Montes, Jorge D. Carrillo‐Briceño, Sergio Bogan, Sandra Reinales, Mario C. C. de Pinna, Carlos Jaramillo   +6 more
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¿Un país de irresponsables?: Filming Responsibility for Environmental Harm in the Judicialised Matanza‐Riachuelo River Basin

Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 45, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This article explores how documentary film constructs responsibility for environmental harm in response to the Argentine Supreme Court's 2008 ruling on the polluted Matanza‐Riachuelo river basin. Through an interdisciplinary dialogue between socio‐legal, film and cultural studies, the analysis explores how three documentaries envisage ...
Oliver Wilson‐Nunn
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The rise of the ecocentric right to a healthy environment before human rights courts in Africa and Latin America

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 414-424, July 2026.
Abstract This article examines jurisprudence from key African and Latin American human rights bodies regarding the right to a healthy environment, with a focus on recent jurisprudence (2023–2025). It identifies a growing trend of an ecocentric interpretation of the right, which acknowledges that the environment and the life forms within it hold ...
Sonja Kahl
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Aquatic insects associated with macrophytes in wetlands of the middle basin of Atrato River, Chocó - Colombia

Revista U.D.C.A Actualidad & Divulgación Científica
Aquatic macrophytes play an important role in lentic systems, since they constitute the particular habitat of several groups of aquatic insects and play a fundamental role in structuring their communities. The objective of this study was to contribute to the knowledge of the aquatic entomofauna associated with macrophytes in wetlands of the middle ...
Zuleyma Mosquera-Murillo, Karen Everni Córdoba-Aragón, Mairin Minerva Mosquera-Mosquera, Sandra Patricia Sanchez, Leider Palacios-Palacios   +4 more
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Ecological restoration in rights‐of‐nature laws and restoration as a substantive right of nature: challenges and opportunities

Restoration Ecology, Volume 34, Issue S1, May 2026.
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
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From maps to mandates: Multitemporal vegetation cover analysis as a tool to evaluate environmental judicial decisions

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 886-903, April 2026.
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
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Evolving Strain Partitioning Driven by Multiple Plate Interaction—Paleotectonic Reconstruction of Northwestern South America During the Cenozoic

Tectonics, Volume 44, Issue 12, December 2025.
Abstract In Northwestern South America (NWSA) geodetic observations point to a consistent northeastward displacement of blocks, while the geological record shows a predominant shortening in NW‐SE direction. Such clear evidence of strain partitioning has been extensively studied in the context of two convergent plates, but not in complex tectonic area ...
Román González, Sabrina Metzger, Eline Le Breton, Germán Bayona, Andrés Mora, Josué Alejandro Mora‐Bohórquez, Iván Camilo Higuera, Claudio Faccenna, Onno Oncken   +8 more
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