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Budget constraint in reforestation meant for minimizing sediment load at a watershed outlet
(2010-03-17)
Policy and decision makers dealing with environmental conservation and land use planning often require
identifying potential sites for contributing to minimize sediment flow reaching riverbeds. This could be one of the ...
Procesos de clasificación supervisados como herramienta de monitoreo del patrimonio cultural edificado
(Servicios Académicos Intercontinentales S.L., 2018)
The Historic Center of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca was incorporated in
1999 to the UNESCTO World Heritage List. However, the absence of conservation
policies has led to the lost of the heritage values on which the ...
Extractivism, economic diversification and prospects for sustainable development in Ecuador
(2013-09)
The objectives of this paper are first, evaluating economic, social and environmental effects on oil
extraction in Ecuador during the last 41 years, and second, discussing prospects to achieving a
sustainable and equitable ...
Carrying capacity in agriculture: Environmental significance and some related patents
(2009-06-01)
Agriculture is one of the most important and possibly the oldest economic activity developed by humans. This activity was developed extensively and is becoming more and more dependent on development of technologies. The ...
The biodiversity cost of carbon sequestration in tropical savanna
(2017-01-01)
Tropical savannas have been increasingly viewed as an opportunity for carbon sequestration through fire suppression and afforestation, but insufficient attention has been given to the consequences for biodiversity. To ...
Mapping of ecotourism fitness as a sustainable territorial planning instrument: case study in Brotas municipal, SP
(Univ Federal Roraima, 2018-01-01)
The objective of this study was to apply the mapping of fitness to ecotourism proposed by Aklibasinda and Bulut (2014), in the municipality of Brotas, SP. The methodology aims to analyze aspects of the physical environment ...
Small survivors: Description of two new species of Acanthocinini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) from the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul
(2021-06-02)
Due to intense human activities in the last decades, many native areas of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul were devastated to make way for agriculture and livestock. While necessary for the country's economy, these ...
Strategies to overcome barriers to the implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action and the Mauritius Strategy in the Caribbean
(ECLAC, 2014-05)
Small island developing States (SIDS) are a special case in terms of environmental conservation and development. Many international meetings and conferences assisted SIDS in achieving the much needed recognition of their ...
A critical review of conscientious objection and decriminalisation of abortion in Chile
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)
From 1989 through September 2017, Chile's highly restrictive abortion laws exposed women to victimisation and needlessly threatened their health, freedom and even lives. However, after decades of unsuccessful attempts to ...
Carrying capacity in agriculture: Environmental significance and some related patents
(2009-06-01)
Agriculture is one of the most important and possibly the oldest economic activity developed by humans. This activity was developed extensively and is becoming more and more dependent on development of technologies. The ...