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Risks of concealing environmental degradation
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Current practice seeks to conceal the visual impact of land‐use change (i.e., development). Six percent of development impact assessments in Australia and 14% of the World Bank's assessments recommend visual impact mitigation. This mitigation results in, for example, vegetated buffer strips alongside cleared agricultural areas and earthen ...
Matt W. Hayward +8 more
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Hidalgo: la disputa en la aldea municipal en 2016
Revista del Instituto Electoral del Estado de México. Apuntes Electorales, 2018 En 2016, en el estado de Hidalgo concurrió, por primera vez, la renovación de la gubernatura con la del Congreso y los ayuntamientos. De los comicios realizados, por las características específicas de la competencia, las elecciones de los 84 ...
Pablo Vargas González
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Scientists’ warning on the global destruction of rock outcrop ecosystems
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Rock outcrops are geological formations that harbor a highly specialized biota adapted to harsh environmental conditions that differ from their surrounding landscapes. They are globally distributed, especially in old, highly weathered landscapes, and can function as habitat islands containing high levels of endemism and distinct evolutionary ...
Luiza F. A. de Paula +19 more
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ESTADO, POLÍTICA, ASSOCIATIVISMO E DESENVOLVIMENTO LOCAL
Revista Gestão e Desenvolvimento, 2016 Este artigo tem por objetivo propor um esquema de análise da relação entre o Estado e o desenvolvimento regional. Particularmente das novas modalidades de mediação dos interesses das regiões, entendidas enquanto espaços delimitados geograficamente ...
Fabiano Engelmann
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Las lógicas de la competencia electoral en escenarios locales: Medellín, 1988-2007
Estudios Políticos, 2011 En escenarios locales se tejieron muchas de las estrategias de reacomodamiento partidista vivido en el transcurso de los últimos 30 años de la vida política colombiana, al calor tanto del reajuste normativo como de los procesos de cambio en las ...
Juan Carlos Arenas Gómez +1 more
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Institutional lessons from the Nordic management model
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract To improve wildlife management outcomes, in terms of reaching management goals and increasing legitimacy, Nordic countries have developed institutional systems involving stakeholders that aim for a more inclusive and participatory model.
Jens Nilsson +2 more
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Cambios en el sistema de partidos local de Medellín, 1988-2011
Estudios Políticos, 2016 Este artículo estudia y describe los cambios en el sistema de partidos local dela ciudad de Medellín a partir de 1988, analizando tres dimensiones centradas en elconcepto de institucionalización a partir del uso de indicadores cuantitativos, y ...
José Antonio Fortou
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Twelve principles for successful governance of community‐based coastal marine restoration
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Global agreements, such as the Global Biodiversity Framework, call for urgent, large‐scale action to halt biodiversity loss through a whole‐of‐society approach. Community‐based restoration can play a crucial role in achieving this goal, yet there remains limited understanding of what makes these projects effective and sustainable.
Michelle M. Holian +2 more
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Key agroecosystems for the conservation of amphibians and reptiles in Europe
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Agricultural expansion and intensification are driving amphibian and reptile declines worldwide. However, sustainably managed agroecosystems can support a high diversity of herpetofauna, which play a key role in pest control, reducing crop damage.
Andrea Dalpasso +4 more
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Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Modeling species distributions in dynamic pelagic environments remains challenging, particularly for wide‐ranging and highly mobile species when there is limited guidance on model performance. This limitation constrains the effective use of species distribution models (SDMs) in marine conservation, where robust and transferable predictions are
E. Pasanisi +32 more
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