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Abstract Could a trade agreement strengthen the enforcement of domestic environmental laws? This article explores this question in the context of the US–Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). The article examines, in particular, the potential role of the Secretariat for Submissions on Environmental Enforcement Matters (SEEM) of the TPA.
Pablo Peña
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We found that outdoor recreation alters the vertebrate scavenger assemblage and carrion removal. Larger scavenger species are most affected, especially raptors. Furthermore, human activities promote the presence of non‐native species in the ecosystem. Therefore, areas of restricted access are essential to preserve biodiversity and ecological processes ...
A. Orihuela‐Torres +2 more
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Estimating the cumulative impact and zone of influence of anthropogenic features on biodiversity
Abstract The concept of cumulative impacts is widespread in policy documents, regulations and ecological studies, but quantification methods are still evolving. Infrastructure development usually takes place in landscapes with preexisting anthropogenic features. Typically, their impact is determined by computing the distance to the nearest feature only,
Bernardo Brandão Niebuhr +9 more
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Abstract Classical urban geography theories determine the distribution of population, production and economic activities on geospatial features. Under this assumption, peripheral regions are rarely prosperous. Depopulation, weak industrial and employment structure and inefficient and fragmented land use form a negative feedback loop. Within the context
Yu Zhang
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Abstract Objective To evaluate prenatal care utilization, low birth weight, and preterm birth among women aged 35 years and older in Mexico from 2008 to 2019. Methods We conducted a historical cohort study of all singleton live births in Mexico from 2008 to 2019. Outcomes were inadequate prenatal care, preterm birth, and low birth weight.
Laura E. Jacobson +3 more
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Abstract This article argues that Mormon colonists – once refugees who had sought freedom from persecution for their sexual practices – asserted a white middle‐class respectability as they cooperated with the US Army and corresponded with officers on the management of the soldiers’ sexual conduct. Their success depended heavily on shared understandings
Pamela Jean Maddock
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The aim of the present study was twofold: first, to determine the meeting all three 24‐h movement guidelines in Colombian preschool‐aged children, and second, to explore the associations between different socio‐ecological correlates and the meeting of these guidelines.
Robinson Ramírez‐Vélez +10 more
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Soils, scale, or elites? Biological innovation in Uruguayan cattle farming, 1880–1913
Abstract This article examines the economics of innovation in livestock rearing during the first globalisation in Uruguay, the country with the most cattle per person in the world, both then and now. Using a new historical dataset of Uruguayan agriculture, the first one at a sub‐provincial level, I exploit regional differences in the adoption of cattle
Emiliano Travieso
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Mapa metalogénico de las fajas ofiolíticas de la zona occidental de Colombia
Se publica el mapa metalogénico de las fajas ofiolíticas de la zona occidental de Colombia.
Jairo Álvarez
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Incidência de Esquistossomose Mansônica no Nordeste brasileiro, no período de 2013 a 2017
RESUMO: A esquistossomose é uma doença infecciosa, inicialmente assintomática, que pode evoluir para formas clínicas extremamente graves e levar o paciente a óbito.
Fernanda Stefanny Lima Sobrinho +5 more
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