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Homicide rates and housing prices in Cali and Bogotá, D. C.

Cuadernos de Economía, 2021
Currently, the list of most violent cities in the world is dominated by Latin American cities. In 2015, Cali registered 65 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants. In Bogotá, the rate was 17 per 100,000 inhabitants.
Andrés Domínguez
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Advancing at-risk species recovery planning in an era of rapid ecological change with a transparent, flexible, and expert-engaged approach. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract In the face of unprecedented ecological changes, the conservation community needs strategies to recover species at risk of extinction. On the Island of Maui, we collaborated with species experts and managers to assist with climate‐resilient recovery planning for 36 at‐risk native plant species by identifying priority areas for the management ...
Berio Fortini L, Leopold CR, Amidon F, Leopold DR, Fretz JS, Jacobi JD, Mehrhoff L, Price JP, Duvall F, Keir M, Oppenheimer H, Weisenberger L, Sutter R.   +12 more
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Prioritizing bat roosts for conservation with a global multicriteria bat roost priority index based on community science

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Prioritization in conservation is crucial for the development of efficient and effective decision‐making policies. For many decades, the importance of some species and their habitats has been assessed and applied in conservation legislation, but bats and their diurnal roosts have ofbeen overlooked.
David López‐Bosch, Krizler Tanalgo, Xavier Puig‐Montserrat, Ferran Páramo, Eric Marín, Carles Flaquer, Adrià López‐Baucells   +6 more
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Observatorios del delito en Colombia: funciones y propósitos

Revista Criminalidad, 2009
El propósito del presente artículo es generar una guía que aclare a las autoridades territoriales el propósito, objetivos y uso de los observatorios del delito, así como las fuentes primarias de información con las que cuentan y los productos esperados ...
María Carolina Franco Suárez , Ana María Serrano Ángel   +1 more
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Informing spatial conservation prioritization with species’ traits

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract New Guinea, the most botanically diverse island on the planet, is the location for one of the boldest conservation initiatives. The Manokwari Declaration aims to achieve 70% conservation designation for the Bird's Head Peninsula. This is 40% higher than the 2022 Global Biodiversity Framework target.
Liam A. Trethowan, Laura Jennings, Haerul Arifin, Renata Borosova, Gemma L. C. Bramley, Marie Briggs, Osanna Chu, Ruth P. Clark, Sally Dawson, Kiran L. Dhanjal‐Adams, Yance de Freitas, James Hartup, Edward G. E. Heatubun, Cecilia Lee‐Grant, Laurensia V. Mapandin, Jonni Marwa, Alison Moore, Agustinus Murdjoko, Carmen Puglisi, André Schuiteman, Dave J. I. Seaman, Nurhaidah Sinaga, Matthew J. Struebig, Anna Trias Blasi, Timothy Utteridge, Maria Voigt, Jimmy F. Wanma, Charlie D. Heatubun   +27 more
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Land Management Strategies and their Implications for Mazahua Farmers’ Livelihoods in the Highlands of Central Mexico

Miscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development, 2016
This paper presents a case study from a Mazahua indigenous community in the rural Highlands of Central Mexico. It analyses Mazahua farming livelihoods characterised by subsistence agriculture, marginality, poverty and severe land degradation.
García-Fajardo Belina, Orozco-Hernández María Estela, McDonagh John, Álvarez-Arteaga Gustavo, Mireles-Lezama Patricia   +4 more
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Underrepresentation of bats in Africa's protected areas

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 1, February 2026.
Abstract Biodiversity is severely threatened globally, with habitat loss and other human pressures accelerating species extinctions. Protected areas (PAs) are a critical conservation tool; however, their effectiveness in safeguarding many taxa, such as bats, remains unclear.
Cecilia Montauban, Ivana Budinski, Paul W. Webala, Theresa M. Laverty, Iroro Tanshi, Laura Torrent, Eric Bakwo‐Fils, Peter J. Taylor, Adam Kane, Ara Monadjem   +9 more
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El subsidio al precio del oro en Colombia

Lecturas de Economía, 2011
• Resumen: En el mes de marzo de 1984 la Junta Monetaria estableció un subsidio al precio del oro en Colombia, el cual estuvo vigente hasta el mes de septiembre de 1986.
Alvaro Augusto Lobo Urquijo
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Land tenure contributions to protected area growth under alternative conservation targets in the Australian monsoon tropics

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 1, February 2026.
Abstract As the global protected area (PA) network expands to meet international targets, it is important to assess whether traditional reliance on public land will suffice for projected PA growth or whether other tenures, such as Indigenous or pastoral lands, may increasingly contribute.
Emmeline Norris, Ben Scheele, Marcel Cardillo   +2 more
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Changes in Key Biodiversity Area networks following national comprehensive assessments

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 1, February 2026.
Making comprehensive assessments of Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) networks in a country greatly increases their number and area. Countries that have not yet done so will be missing about half of these globally significant sites and missing the opportunity to get 30 × 30 conservation in the right places. Abstract Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are sites of
Andrew J. Plumptre, Zoltan Waliczky, Daniele Baisero, Olivia Crowe, Jeannot Kivono, Cecilia Tobar, Maria Gabriela Toscano, Natalia Boulad, Hugo Costa, Camila Davila, Sophie Dirou, Eleuterio Duarte, Karolina Fierro, Carolina Castellanos‐Castro, Hanna Haddad, Stephen Holness, Fiona Maisels, Daniel Marnewick, Menard Mbende, Maitha Abdulla Al Mheiri, Dissondet Moundzoho, Simon Nampindo, Grace Nangendo, Steeve Ngama, Catherine Numa, Diego Peñaranda, Samridhi Rijal, Manuel Sánchez‐Nivicela, Andrew Skowno, Thomas Starnes, Nicolas Texier, Lize von Staden, Anne Bowser, Thomas M. Brooks, Gill Bunting, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Neil Cox, Wendy Elliot, Jo Gilbert, Penny Langhammer, Olivier Langrand, Rachel Neugarten, Madhu Rao, Jon Paul Rodriguez, Gina della Togna, Amy Upgren, Stephen Woodley   +46 more
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