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The Time Has Come for a Universal Water Tribunal [PDF]

, 2018
Since its inception in 1981, the International Water Tribunal has emerged as a non-governmental body with a multidisciplinary composition and a mandate based on conventional and customary international water law, which holds public hearings in order to ...
Majzoub, Tarek, Quilleré-Majzoub, Fabienne   +1 more
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Precision Restoration to Minimize Soil Loss in a Watershed in the Atlantic Forest Domain

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Turvo River Watershed, located in the Zona da Mata region of Minas Gerais and part of the Doce River Basin, faces serious problems of erosion and soil degradation, which compromise and reduce the quality of local water resources. Given this scenario, it is essential to implement environmental recovery strategies that prioritize the ...
Rodrigo Nobre Santana, Luíza Maria Affonso Lopes da Silva, Sady Júnior Martins da Costa Menezes, Getúlio Fonseca Domingues, Carlos Antônio Alvares Soares Ribeiro, Plinio Antonio Guerra Filho, Alexandre Rosa dos Santos   +6 more
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Participación social para la gobernanza del agua [PDF]

, 2008
El paradigma de la gestión del agua en nuestro país, viene siendo objeto de profundos cambios mediante la transformación de diversos aspectos estructurales de la política del agua.
Cisneros Britto, Julio César
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Calibration of the species threat abatement and restoration metric's threat abatement component in a Costa Rican landscape

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Achieving global conservation policy goals requires the ability to set and measure progress toward science‐based targets for biodiversity. The species threat abatement and restoration (STAR) metric was developed to enable actors to set science‐based targets for species.
Louise Mair, Thomas M. Brooks, Randall R. Jimenez, Nicholas B. W. Macfarlance, Tony Nello, Antonin Vergez, Leon Bennun, Florence Curet, Annie Dakmejian, Edward Ellis, Melibea Gallo, Philip J. K. McGowan, Francesca A. Ridley, Alex Ross, Claudine Sierra, Thomas Starnes, Joseph A. Turner, Frank Hawkins   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Glacial environment protection [PDF]

, 2014
Se presenta una revisión sintética del desarrollo de la regulación argentina en materia de preservación de glaciares y medio ambiente periglacial, incluyendo i) el marco jurídico general de protección de las aguas en Argentina; ii) los antecedentes de la
Martin, Liber Alexis, Pinto, Martín
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Urban Landscape Influence Orchid Bee Diversity in a Tropical Megacity

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The increasing urbanization has affected pollinator communities, such as Euglossini bees, which play a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity through the pollination of numerous plants. However, the impact of different levels of urbanization on the diversity of these bees is still not fully understood, especially in large tropical urban ...
Amanda F. P. Machado, Pedro H. B. Togni, Sofia Graffigna, Leandro R. Tambosi, Gabriel O. Keller, Raphael M. Ferreira, Isabel Alves‐dos‐Santos   +6 more
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degradación por fotocatálisis homogenea en reactor artesanal y heliofotocatalitico del 1-hidroxi-4-metilbenceno [PDF]

, 2014
La creciente demanda de la sociedad para la descontaminación de aguas contaminadas de diversos orígenes, materializada en regulaciones cada vez más estrictas, ha impulsado, en la última década, el desarrollo de nuevas tecnologías de purificación.
Cruz Betancurt, Estefanía, Torijano Mina, Julieth Marcela   +1 more
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River conservation and restoration in croplands: can we improve the common agriculture policy as an instrument of practice?

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates the integration of river restoration with the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), focusing on the differences between European Union (EU) and Portuguese documents regarding river restoration terms. A thematic content analysis highlights that despite the varying document sizes, the proportion of mentions related to river ...
Leonor Santos, Sebastian Birk, M. Teresa Ferreira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implementation of Rio Principles into Latin American Environmental Laws [PDF]

, 2012
This paper evaluates the way Latin American Environmental Law have incorporated Rio Declaration´s principles. The survey includes a detailed revision of legal regimes of Mexico Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Costa Rica where Environmental Law is ...
Gonzalez Marquez, José Juan
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Understanding landowners' preferences to participate in tropical mountain forest restoration

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction The restoration of degraded tropical forests is a promising strategy to mitigate the climate and biodiversity crises. Across the globe large areas have the potential to be restored through multiplying small‐scale initiatives implemented by landowners working at local scales.
Esteban A. Guevara, Maritza Satama‐Bermeo, Leonardo Quinteros, Tatiana Santander, Roland Olschewski, Nina Farwig   +5 more
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