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Moving in Cycles: Explaining the Failure of Militarization to Address Illegal Mining in Ghana
ABSTRACT Mining contributes to Ghana's economic growth but also imposes significant social costs—land dispossession and unemployment—which have fueled the rise of illegal mining (galamsey). Galamsey, which intensified during the commodity boom of the 2010s, provides livelihoods while simultaneously worsening environmental degradation and social ...
Sulemana Alhassan Saaka, Phil Faanu
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Abstract The NASA Cloud, Aerosol and Monsoon Processes Philippines Experiment (CAMP2Ex) field campaign from 24 August to 05 October 2019 observed a complex mixture of aerosols—biomass burning smoke transported from Maritime Continent (MC)/Indonesia fires to the Philippines and Metro Manila's urban pollution.
S. M. A. Visaga +15 more
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The responsibility of the Administration regarding environmental damage caused by a third party is no longer merely theoretical. This type of responsibility was recognized in a Supreme Court judgment in June 5, 2016, in Fisco de Chile con I ...
Pedro Harris
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Ecohydrologic Processes Modify Urban Rainfall Intensification in Land‐Atmosphere Simulations
Abstract Ecohydrologic processes influence urban water and energy cycles including convective rainfall. Coupled land‐atmosphere models, however, lack fine‐scale representation of urban ecohydrology processes. This study integrates these processes into ensemble land‐atmosphere simulations to assess changes in convective rainfall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
G. Aaron Alexander +3 more
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La responsabilidad administrativa por infracción a las normas ambientales
El presente estudio aborda la responsabilidad administrativa por infracción a las normas ambientales, regulada principalmente en el artículo 47 de la Constitución de la República, la Ley N.º 16.466, de 19 de enero de 1994 (Ley de Evaluación de Impacto ...
Gonzalo F. Iglesias Rossini
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The jurisprudence of the Environmental Courts and the Supreme Court has ruled about a series of issues related to the access to the environmental justice with regard to the judicial claim of the article 17 N° 8 of the Law of Environmental Courts that ...
Iván Poklepovic
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Enforcing environmental law in the Amazon
Abstract This article identifies the underlying obstacles to enforcement of laws against environmental crimes such as illegal logging, mining and ranching. With four departments (provinces) from Colombia as case studies, it assesses enforcement of the country's main environmental law, Law 2111, which is one of Latin America's strongest. The article has
Mark Ungar, Juan Corredor‐Garcia
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TRANSVERSALIDAD DEL DERECHO AMBIENTAL Y CRIMINALIZACION DE LAS PROTESTAS SOCIALES
La transversalidad del derecho ambiental como fundamento en contra de la criminalización de las protestas sociales, significa que el derecho ambiental como derecho humano se caracteriza por su transversalidad, esto es, que sus valores y principios ...
Diana Milagros Dueñas Roque
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When Public Health Becomes the Weapon: Current and Prospective Consequences of the Genocide in Gaza
ABSTRACT Catastrophic humanitarian conditions during the 2023–2025 genocide in Gaza have caused a public health crisis of exceptional magnitude. This article summarizes key short‐ and long‐term health consequences for Gaza's civilian population and outlines priorities for recovery.
Therese Alexandra Evald +19 more
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LA POLÍTICA AMBIENTAL DE LA UNIÓN EUROPEA: OBJETIVOS Y PRINCIPIOS RECTORES
La política ambiental comunitaria se ha convertido en un referente de actuación en el ámbito internacional. Se suele decir que para afrontar los problemas previamente debe existir una conciencia de la existencia de los mismos.
Rosa Mª Lorente Gil
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