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Spatial predictions of tree density and tree height across Mexico forests using ensemble learning and forest inventory data. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2023
Due to the challenges involved in collecting data exclusively from field surveys, there are spatial information gaps in the Mexican forest inventory. We performed wall‐to‐wall spatial predictions of tree height and tree density in 1‐km grids, using ensemble machine learning across each forest type. The applied open science approach we present is easily
Barreras A, Alanís de la Rosa JA, Mayorga R, Cuenca R, Moreno-G C, Godínez C, Delgado C, Soriano-Luna MLÁ, George S, Aldrete-Leal MI, Medina S, Romero J, Villela S, Lister A, Sheridan R, Flores R, Crowther TW, Guevara M.   +17 more
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Beta diversity of aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblages associated with leaf patches in neotropical montane streams. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2021
Headwater streams play fundamental roles in processing and transporting terrestrial and aquatic organic matter, often harboring high biodiversity. Here we assess the variation in taxonomic composition among stream sites located in the Espinhaço Mountain Range, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in eastern Brazil.
Callisto M, Linares MS, Kiffer WP, Hughes RM, Moretti MS, Macedo DR, Solar R.   +6 more
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Listening Deeply to Indigenous People: A Collaborative Perspective and Reflection Between a Mapuche Machi and Ecologists. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Two‐eyed seeing offers a way to see with both Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western ecological sciences. In this collaborative perspective piece between ecologists and a Mapuche spiritual authority (a Machi), we interweave lived experiences and ecological evidence to present the alarming social‐ecological devastation and conflict in ...
Ortiz AMD, Huinca Blanco P, Arnillas CA, Arponen A, Cadotte MW, Chinga JB, Chiuffo MC, Collinge S, Devarajan K, Ehrlich K, Grell-Brisk M, Guevara C, Kariuki RW, Kharouba HM, Martin TG, Prado-Valladares AC, Prado-Valladares AC, Regan HM, Santos Domínguez N, Soares BE, Stotz GC, Ulloa Caniú I, Visakorpi K, Winter M, Yannelli FA.   +24 more
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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 ...
Vidal O, López-García J, Rendón-Salinas E.   +2 more
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Global knowledge–action networks at the frontlines of sustainability: Insights from five decades of science for action in UNESCO's World Network of biosphere reserves

People and Nature, Volume 5, Issue 5, Page 1430-1444, October 2023., 2023
Abstract Generating actionable knowledge to meet current sustainability challenges requires unprecedented collaboration across scales, geographies, cultures and knowledges. Intergovernmental programmes and place‐based knowledge–action networks have much potential to mobilize sustainability transformation.
Alicia D. Barraclough, Maureen G. Reed, Kaera Coetzer, Martin F. Price, Lisen Schultz, Andrés Moreira‐Muñoz, Inger Måren   +6 more
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Groundwater mapping and locally engaged water governance in a small island terrain: Case study of Karainagar island, Northern Sri Lanka

World Water Policy, Volume 9, Issue 3, Page 456-480, August 2023., 2023
Abstract Groundwater is a vital resource under threat in island communities. Karainagar, a 22 km2 island, is one of seven islands off the coast of Jaffna in Northern Sri Lanka, with its population of just about 11,000 persons, experiences seasonal water shortage, and salinity in groundwater as twin threats impacting on their lives.
Inthirakumaran Karthiga, Ponnambalam Rameshwaran, Balachandran Ketheesan, Nadarajah Sriskandarajah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Paleoseismology of a Major Crustal Seismogenic Source Near Mexico City: The Southern Border of the Acambay Graben

Tectonics, Volume 42, Issue 6, June 2023., 2023
Abstract The Trans‐Mexican Volcanic Belt is an active continental volcanic arc related to subduction along the Middle America trench. It is characterized by intra‐arc extension resulting into several major arc‐parallel active fault systems and tectonic basins.
Rodrigo León‐Loya, Pierre Lacan, María Ortuño, F. Ramón Zúñiga, Petra Štěpančíková, Jakub Stemberk, Ana Paula Hernández Flores, Jaime J. Carrera Hernández, Ivan Sunyé‐Puchol, Gerardo J. Aguirre‐Díaz, Laurence Audin   +10 more
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Decentring the Lettered City: Exile, Transnational Networks, and Josué de Castro’s Centre International pour le Développement (1964–1973)

Antipode, Volume 54, Issue 2, Page 397-417, March 2022., 2022
Abstract This paper discusses the relevance of radical scholarship by exploring the case of the Centre International pour le Développement (CID), founded by Brazilian geographer Josué de Castro during his exile in Paris. Drawing upon Latin American works on the “Lettered City” and the evolving role of intellectuals in constructing critical knowledge, I
Federico Ferretti
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Beyond participation: How to achieve the recognition of local communities’ value‐systems in conservation? Some insights from Mexico

People and Nature, Volume 3, Issue 3, Page 528-541, June 2021., 2021
Abstract In this article, we explore why conservation schemes that have positive outcomes through the participation of local communities cannot necessarily be deemed as just. We observe that recognition (understood as inclusion and respect) of local communities’ value‐systems, a key factor towards environmental justice, is not often achieved in ...
Louise Guibrunet, Peter Rijnaldus Wilhelmus Gerritsen, José Antonio Sierra‐Huelsz, Adriana Carolina Flores‐Díaz, Eduardo García‐Frapolli, Eligio García‐Serrano, Unai Pascual, Patricia Balvanera   +7 more
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Using Wikipedia to measure public interest in biodiversity and conservation

Conservation Biology, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 412-423, April 2021., 2021
Abstract The recent growth of online big data offers opportunities for rapid and inexpensive measurement of public interest. Conservation culturomics is an emerging research area that uses online data to study human–nature relationships for conservation. Methods for conservation culturomics, though promising, are still being developed and refined.
John C. Mittermeier, Ricardo Correia, Rich Grenyer, Tuuli Toivonen, Uri Roll   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source