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Ten principles for biocultural conservation at the southern tip of the Americas: the approach of the Omora Ethnobotanical Park
(RESILIENCE ALLIANCE, ACADIA UNIV, BIOLOGY DEPT, 2006-06)
Although there is general agreement among conservation practitioners about the need for ( 1) social involvement on the part of scientists; ( 2) interdisciplinary approaches; ( 3) working on local, regional, and global ...
Conservation of useful plants:An evaluation of local priorities from two indigenous communities in eastern Panama
(New York Botanical GardenNueva York, 2022)
Flora of the hot deserts: emerging patterns from phylogeny-based diversity studies
(Wiley, 2020)
Relatively recent increases in molecular and geographic data for
many taxa in different areas of the world have provided scientists
with tools to evaluate biodiversity using evolutionary or phylogeny-based indices (reviewed ...
Linnean and Wallacean shortfalls in the knowledge of arthropod species in Chile: Challenges and implications for regional conservation
(Elsevier, 2023)
Despite global efforts to identify and classify species to improve biodiversity baselines, there still remains large knowledge shortfalls that affect our understanding of the functioning of ecosystems and the design of ...
THE ROLE OF PLANTATIONS OF THE AFRICAN PALM (ELAEIS GUINEENSIS) IN THE CONSERVATION OF SNAKES IN COLOMBIA
(Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Sede Bogotá - Facultad de Ciencias - Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, 2015-01-01)
Monocultures of the African oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) were studied between 2006 and 2013 so as to determine which species of snakes frequented them and to estimate the abundances of each species encountered. Thirty five ...
Advertising Energy Saving Programs: The Potential Environmental Cost of Emphasizing Monetary Savings
(American Psychological Association, 2015)
Many consumers have monetary or environmental motivations for saving energy. Indeed, saving energy
produces both monetary benefits, by reducing energy bills, and environmental benefits, by reducing
carbon footprints. We ...
Interrogating green discourses in Patagonia Aysén (Chile): green grabbing and eco-extractivism as a new strategy of capitalism?
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)
This paper argues that in Patagonia-Aysen (southern Chile) nature discourses and neoliberalism have a close association. The current discourse of "green" development is presented as a capitalist practice, a renewed form ...
The protection of the mountain ecosystems of the Southern Central Andes: tensions between Aymara herding practices and conservation policiesLa protección de los ecosistemas montañosos de los Andes Centro Sur: tensiones entre prácticas de pastoreo aymara y políticas de conservación
(AUSTRIAN ACAD SCIENCES PRESS, UNIV INNSBRUCK, 2023)