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Courts as an arena for socioenvironmental change: Lessons from the Argentine courts
Abstract Trends in the Argentine courts indicate a judicial preference towards flexibility in light of possibly serious environmental consequences, particularly in relation to mining. Through a liberal interpretation of constitutional provisions where collective environmental rights are threatened, the courts have expanded access to justice, leading ...
Asmaa Khadim
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Climate Change and Weather Extremes in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East
Abstract Observation‐based and modeling studies have identified the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (EMME) region as a prominent climate change hotspot. While several initiatives have addressed the impacts of climate change in parts of the EMME, here we present an updated assessment, covering a wide range of timescales, phenomena and future ...
G. Zittis +20 more
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Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract When feeding on a plant, herbivorous insects alter the quality of the plant as a food source. This affects other organisms interacting with the same plant. These so‐called ‘plant‐mediated interactions’ can be altered by parasitoids that attack the herbivores.
Maximilien A. C. Cuny +5 more
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Using the seed dispersal effectiveness framework, we tracked seed fate in a dispersal limited system finding that ant workers (Formicidae, Ectatomma ruidum) act as secondary dispersers for the pioneer tree Zanthoxylum ekmanii (Rutaceae) whose seeds have no visible adaptation for ant dispersal.
Selina A. Ruzi, Andrew V. Suarez
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Abstract Aim Holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) is regarded as a keystone plant species. Trophic interactions may affect the distribution and abundance of phytophagous species, but the number of arthropod species that use holm oak as a food resource and their levels of host specificity are not yet known.
Juan Antonio Hernández‐Agüero +3 more
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O presente trabalho visa a apresentar um estudo sobre viabilidade na utilização de imagens de satélite como prova em ação judicial, especialmente no contexto e realidades da região amazônica, cuja extensa cobertura florística e biodiversidade, constantemente, são objeto de ação antrópica danosa.
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Markets and the crowding out of conservation‐relevant behavior
Abstract Markets are increasingly being incorporated into many aspects of daily life and are becoming an important part of the conservation solution space. Although market‐based solutions to environmental problems can result in improvements to conservation, a body of social science research highlights how markets may also have unforeseen consequences ...
Joshua E. Cinner +4 more
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Cuerpos de cobre: Extractivismo en Chuquicamata, Chile
Resumen ¿Qué extraen y qué producen los extractivismos? El presente artículo intenta responder a esta pregunta analizando críticamente, la relación entre cuerpos, trabajo y mi‐nería principalmente bajo el modelo neoliberal chileno, en la mina estatal de cobre a tajo abierto más grande del planeta: Chuquicamata.
Marina Weinberg
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Ethics and biodiversity offsetting
Abstract Biodiversity offsetting is an increasingly applied tool aiming to compensate for environmental damage caused by exploitation projects. Critics, however, raise concerns over the purported effectiveness of offsetting and question the ethical underpinnings and implications of offsetting.
Mikael Karlsson +1 more
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DANO MORAL AMBIENTAL: UMA ANÁLISE DOUTRINÁRIA E JURISPRUDENCIAL FRENTE A SUA POSSIBILIDADE
O presente trabalho pretende demonstrar as posições doutrinárias e jurisprudenciais frente à possibilidade do dano moral coletivo ambiental, trazendo perspectivas relacionadas aos prejuízos morais da coletividade ...
Isabela Calixto Campos, Rafael Burlani
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