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The Unintended Impact of Colombia’s Covid-19 Lockdown on Forest Fires
Environmental and Resource Economics, 2020 The covid-19 pandemic led to rapid and large-scale government intervention in economies and societies. A common policy response to covid-19 outbreaks has been the lockdown or quarantine.
Mónica Amador-Jiménez +4 more
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Astonishing diversity—the medicinal plant markets of Bogotá, Colombia
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2018 BackgroundDespite the importance of local markets as a source of medicinal plants in Colombia, comparatively little comparative research reports on the pharmacopoeiae sold.
R. Bussmann +3 more
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Mining Taxation in Colombia [PDF]
The School of Public Policy Publications, 2014 This paper first assesses the current Colombian mining tax-and-royalty regime in comparison with other countries from the points of view of efficiency, competitiveness and revenue performance. It then discusses the theoretical convenience of introducing alternative designs for a resource rent tax (RRT) to be applied to new mining projects, together ...
Guillermo Perry, Duanjie Chen
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Social Identities, 2021 The statistics and stories of violence in Colombia make chilling reading.
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Malaria Journal, 2017 In spite of significant progress towards malaria control and elimination achieved in South America in the 2000s, this mosquito-transmitted tropical disease remains an important public health concern in the region. Most malaria cases in South America come
Judith Recht +5 more
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Journal of Mammalogy, 2020 The spectacled bear (Ursidae: Tremarctos ornatus) is an emblematic umbrella species and one of the top carnivores in the Andean mountains. It is also listed as vulnerable by IUCN and as endangered by CITES.
M. Ruiz‐García +4 more
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Comments Concerning Proposed United States-Andean Free Trade Agreement [PDF]
, 2004 Vogt presents two cases of US multinational corporations that benefit from violence against unionists in Colombia. He argues that a trade agreement with Colombia would normalize the violence instead of fight against ...
Vogt, Jeffrey S.
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Commodity Price Shocks and Civil Conflict: Evidence from Colombia
, 2013 How do income shocks affect armed conflict? Theory suggests two opposite effects. If labour is used to appropriate resources violently, higher wages may lower conflict by reducing labour supplied to appropriation.
Oeindrila Dube, Juan F. Vargas
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Zika Virus Disease in Colombia - Preliminary Report.
New England Journal of Medicine, 2016 Background Colombia began official surveillance for Zika virus disease (ZVD) in August 2015. In October 2015, an outbreak of ZVD was declared after laboratory-confirmed disease was identified in nine patients.
Óscar Pacheco +25 more
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Biomédica, 2020 En Colombia, especialmente en las unidades de cuidados intensivos, la candidemia es una causa frecuente de infección del torrente sanguíneo y representa el 88 % de lasinfecciones fúngicas en pacientes hospitalizados, con una mortalidad entre 36 y 78 %.
Cortés, Jorge Alberto +3 more
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