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Risks of concealing environmental degradation
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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Análisis multitemporal del uso del suelo en la isla Luis Vargas Torres, en el período 2004–2011
Tesis previa obtención del título de Ingeniero/a en Gestión AmbientalEl cambio de uso de suelo es un problema social, económico y ambiental que no sólo afecta a los recursos naturales, sino también al paisaje.
Santos Palma, Gipsy
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El ordenamiento territorial comunitario es un instrumento de planeación del uso del suelo implementado en México durante los últimos años, con el fin de incrementar la productividad de las regiones forestales del país, revertir la deforestación y mejorar
Marco Antonio Arteaga Aguilar +2 more
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Impact of global change on the distribution of mountain mammals and birds
Abstract Climate change and land‐use changes are key drivers of global biodiversity loss. Many species are shifting to higher elevations or latitudes in response to global warming, often encountering unfavorable land‐use conditions during the shift. These changes can lead to reduced range size and increased extinction risks, particularly for mountain ...
Chiara Dragonetti +5 more
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The increase of drought periods implies that olive orchards could suffer severe water stress conditions for several years which could limit yield response when irrigation resumes.
Marta Sánchez-Piñero +4 more
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Se aborda la necesidad de un uso conforme de los suelos en Costa Rica, donde el suelo es un recurso natural muy escaso, con solo 51, 000 Km² de territorio continental y un 24% en áreas protegidas.
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When tradition burns: Misinterpreting prescribed fire across the science–society gap in Iberia
Prescribed fire is a scientifically grounded management tool whose benefits depend on specific ecological and operational conditions. This Perspective examines how these benefits may be reinterpreted beyond their original context and proposes a framework to improve the translation of ecological knowledge into environmental decision‐making.
Luis Navarro
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Dentro del espacio geográfico participan como variables: 1) Espacio físico dotando de características a un territorio lo que permitirá el desarrollo de diversas actividades y 2) el componente social el cual analiza desde diversos ámbitos a la población ...
Alvarado Ulloa, Johanna Valeria
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Documentamos por primera vez la presencia del águila real (Aquila chrysaetos) dentro de la Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra Gorda de Guanajuato (rbsgg) en el estado de Guanajuato, México.
José Ismael Campos-Rodríguez +2 more
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Balancing tracks and trees: Assessing railroad impact on Brazilian biodiversity
The Brazilian West–East Integration Railway (FIOL) aims to boost the national economy by improving commodity transport; however, it crosses three of Brazil's most biodiverse and fragile regions: the Caatinga, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest. Using digitised plant records and land‐use analyses, our study reveals significant vegetation loss within the ...
Ana Luiza Silva Rocha +3 more
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