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Permanence of PES and the role of social context in the Regional Integrated Silvo-pastoral Ecosystem Management Project in Costa Rica
(Elsevier, Ámsterdam (Países Bajos), 2021-07)
We present rare, empirical evidence on the permanence of land use changes induced by a payments for ecosystem services (PES) program. A follow-up study was conducted a decade after the end of the Regional Integrated ...
Widespread mangrove damage resulting from the 2017 Atlantic mega hurricane season
(2020)
Comprised of 17 named tropical storms, 6 of which were major hurricanes, the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season ranked as one of the most damaging and costly hurricane seasons on record. In addition to socio-economic impacts, ...
Siting Marine Protected Areas with Area Targets Protecting Rural Incomes, Fish Stocks, and Turtles in Costa Rica
(2020-04)
With many countries seeking to increase the area conserved in marine protected areas (MPAs) to achieve the Convention on Biodiversity’s protected area targets by 2020, we employ a bioeconomic model to determine which ...
Silvopastoral systems and remnant forests enhance carbon storage in livestock‑dominated landscapes in Mexico
(Scientific Reports, 2022)
A large area of the terrestrial land surface is used for livestock grazing. Trees on grazing lands provide and can enhance multiple ecosystem services such as provisioning, cultural and regulating, that include carbon ...
Ecosystem services and gender in rural areas of Nicaragua: Different perceptions about the landscape
(2020)
The study of Ecosystem services (ES) is a prolific field of research. Despite the great biological and cultural diversity, in Latin America, research in this field has been growing at a much slower rate than in the rest ...
AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds
(2022-02-24)
Features the AVONET dataset containing comprehensive functional trait data for all birds, including six ecological variables, 11 continuous morphological traits, and range size and location information. Gross morphological ...
Proyecto BioPaSOS: el uso de árboles en los ranchos como estrategia viable para la ganadería sustentable
(2020)
Este artículo aborda la importancia de la ganadería sustentable, donde la importancia de los árboles y arbustos beneficia de manera económica y ambiental. A su vez se muestra un ejemplo de ganadería en México en el que se ...
Biodiversity and the livestock sector - Guidelines for quantitative assessment
(2020)
The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on biodiversity, hereafter called Biodiversity TAG, is composed of 25 international experts in ecology, biodiversity indicators, agronomy, life cycle assessment, livestock production ...
Diversidad y riqueza de aves en diferentes alternativas pastoriles para la producción de leche en el trópico
(2020)
Con el objetivo de estudiar la diversidad y riqueza de aves en alternativas pastoriles para la producción de leche fue conducida una investigación en áreas del Instituto de Ciencia Animal de Cuba. Fueron evaluadas las ...