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Trends in deforestation and forest degradation after a decade of monitoring in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Mexico. [PDF]
Conserv Biol, 2014 Abstract We used aerial photographs, satellite images, and field surveys to monitor forest cover in the core zones of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Mexico from 2001 to 2012. We used our data to assess the effectiveness of conservation actions that involved local, state, and federal authorities and community members (e.g., local landowners ...
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Shifting paradigms and creating space for Indigenous leadership in biosecurity management and decision-making. [PDF]
Conserv BiolAbstract In New Zealand, awareness regarding protection, enhancement, and regeneration of landscapes and biodiversity is growing as the relationship between functioning and diverse ecosystems and society's health is acknowledged. This relationship is especially important for Indigenous people, who hold strong genealogical and familial ties with nature.
Godfery T +4 more
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DPSIR analysis of land and soil degradation in response to changes in land use Análisis DPSIR de la degradación de suelos y territorio como respuesta a cambios en el uso del territorio Análise DPSIR da degradação do solo e da terra em resposta às mudanças no uso da terra [PDF]
Spanish Journal of Soil Science, 2011 <p style="text-align: justify;">In this paper we analyze the causal chain, from the driving forces to the state, impacts and system responses, for several present and past human activities related to land use and land degradation.
Jaume Porta, Rosa María Poch
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Potencial de restauración de bosques de coníferas en zonas de movimiento de germoplasma en México
Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Forestales, 2020 La restauración de tierras forestales requiere datos relacionados con el número de plántulas producidas y el nivel de degradación del suelo. Los tomadores de decisiones necesitan saber cuáles son los esfuerzos del programa nacional de reforestación como ...
Andrés Flores García +3 more
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Ecosistemas y Recursos Agropecuarios, 2021 La mayoría de los suelos de la Mixteca Alta presentan altos niveles de degradación. Una estrategia para su manejo y conservación es a través de integrar el conocimiento local y el análisis espacial para delimitar zonas aptas para la producción de café ...
Dante López-Carmona +6 more
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Journal of Animal Ecology, Volume 92, Issue 3, Page 606-618, March 2023., 2023 This article accounts for species absences before occupancy analyses, addressing a long‐standing concern of whether absence is true or due to low sampling effort. The authors affiliate long‐term bird species trends with functional traits in a lowland tropical rainforest landscape in southeast Mexico to help guide land management and conservation ...
Dallas R. Levey +2 more
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Evaluación del paisaje de la microcuenca del río Liguay: conservación y gestión sostenible
Estudios Socioterritoriales: Revista de Geografía, 2023 Se evalúa el paisaje de la microcuenca del río Liguay, Región del Maule, Chile, el que ha experimentado importantes transformaciones debido al modelo de desarrollo productivo chileno, que promueve la industria agrícola y forestal.
Leonardo Alfredo Soto Troncoso +1 more
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Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 3, Issue 3, July–September 2022., 2022 The hooded capuchin in the Paraguayan Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest is a forest obligate species and avoids crop fields. The monkeys are less likely to be found in degraded areas even if they are still forested. As Paraguayan deforestation involves the creation of large crop fields separating BAAPA fragments, the probability that the hooded capuchin can
Rebecca L. Smith, David Lusseau
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Transcending capitalism growth strategies for biodiversity conservation
Conservation Biology, Volume 36, Issue 2, April 2022., 2022 Abstract The unlimited economic growth that fuels capitalism's metabolism has profoundly transformed a large portion of Earth. The resulting environmental destruction has led to an unprecedented rate of biodiversity loss. Following large‐scale losses of habitats and species, it was recognized that biodiversity is crucial to maintaining functional ...
Joan Moranta +5 more
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Disaster Colonialism: A Commentary on Disasters beyond Singular Events to Structural Violence
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 46, Issue 1, Page 126-135, January 2022., 2022 Abstract Disasters are often, outside disaster studies, viewed as singularities. This characterization of disaster disallows analysis of racial violence and dispossession structurally instituted across multiple disasters. As a result, repeatedly poor pre‐disaster and post‐disaster planning is leveraged to displace and disenfranchise marginalized ...
Danielle Zoe Rivera
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