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    Forests

    Peer-reviewed publication
    January, 2012
    Nicaragua, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Chile, Brazil

    Based on theoretical underpinnings and an empirical review of forest laws and regulations of selected countries throughout the Americas, we examine key components of natural forest management and how they are addressed in the legal frameworks of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the U.S.

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    Land

    Peer-reviewed publication
    January, 2021
    Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina

    Spatio-temporal characterization of urban expansion is the first step towards understanding how cities grow in space. We summarize two approaches used in urban expansion measurement, namely, concentric-ring analysis and grid-based analysis. Concentric-ring analysis divides urban areas into a series of rings, which is used to quantify the distance decay of urban elements from city centers. Grid-based analysis partitions a city into regular grids that are used to interpret local dynamics of urban growth.

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    Volume 10 Issue 3

    Peer-reviewed publication
    March, 2021
    Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, United States of America, Americas

    Although renewable energy holds great promise in mitigating climate change, there are socioeconomic and ecological tradeoffs related to each form of renewable energy. Forest-related bioenergy is especially controversial, because tree plantations often replace land that could be used to grow food crops and can have negative impacts on biodiversity.

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    Reports & Research
    January, 2017
    Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States of America

    This paper examines willingness to pay for housing tenure security in favelas in six Brazilian states, Ceara, Paraiba, Pernambuco and in the north-east, Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo in the south-east, and Rio Grande do Sul in the south, using data from the national household survey (Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicilios, PNAD) for 2002.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2019
    Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Central America, Guatemala, Mexico, South America, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru

    The extensive arable land and great biodiversity present in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have the potential to ensure sustenance and a good quality of life for its more than 600 million inhabitants. LAC has experienced important changes in land use. When the Europeans arrived in the 15th century, the forest cover of LAC accounted for approximately 75 per cent of the territory.

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    International Workshop on Improving Urban Management

    Conference Papers & Reports
    October, 1989
    Argentina, Brazil, Mexico

    Presenta una estrategia para combinar la teoría y la práctica en la búsqueda de métodos que den buenos resultados para mejorar la gestión de las zonas urbanas y las condiciones de vida cotidiana en las mayores ciudades del mundo. Incluye un informe sobre la marcha del proyecto Mega-Cities, hasta la fecha, en las ciudades participantes: México, Sao Paulo, Tokio, Nueva York, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Beijing, Los Angeles, Bangkok, Londres y Nairobi.

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    Proyecto Pobreza Urbana: Estrategia Orientada a la Acción para los Gobiernos y las Instituciones Municipales en América Latina y el Caribe ROA/28

    Reports & Research
    December, 2006
    Argentina, Brazil, Peru, South America, Central America

    Este trabajo forma parte de un estudio sobre experiencias emblemáticas que contribuyen a trazar los lineamientos principales de una Agenda estratégica Pro-Pobre para la superación de la precariedad y pobreza urbana en América Latina y el Caribe que ha sido estructurada en el marco del proyecto Pobreza urbana: estrategia orientada a la acción para los gobiernos e instituciones municipales en América Latina y el Caribe.

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    Land Journal Volume 9 Issue 11 cover image

    Volume 9 Issue 11

    Peer-reviewed publication
    November, 2020
    Puerto Rico, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, United States of America, Spain

    Soil quality indexes (SQIs) are very useful in assessing the status and edaphic health of soils. This is particularly the case in the Mediterranean area, where successive torrential rainfall episodes give rise to erosion and soil degradation processes; these are being exacerbated by the current climate crisis. The objective of this study was to analyze the soil quality in two contrasting Mediterranean watersheds in the province of Malaga (Spain): the middle and upper watersheds of the Rio Grande (sub-humid conditions) and the Benamargosa River (semi-arid conditions).

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1980
    Peru, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Central America, Northern America, South America

    White mold, caused by the fungus Sclerotinia (Whetzelinia) sclerotiorum, is distributed worldwide and has more than 300 hosts. It infects flowers, cotyledons, seeds, leaves or injured plant tissue. The disease can be controlled by crop rotation, flooding, reduced seeding rates, application of chemical products in the middle of the flowering period, modifying plant architecture and the use of resistant var. Many soil microorganisms are associated with sclerotia and may cause them to degrade or fan to germinate. The symptoms and damage caused by the disease are illustrated in color.

  10. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1980
    Peru, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Central America, Northern America, South America

    White mold, caused by the fungus Sclerotinia (Whetzelinia) sclerotiorum, is distributed worldwide and has more than 300 hosts. It infects flowers, cotyledons, seeds, leaves or injured plant tissue. The disease can be controlled by crop rotation, flooding, reduced seeding rates, application of chemical products in the middle of the flowering period, modifying plant architecture and the use of resistant var. Many soil microorganisms are associated with sclerotia and may cause them to degrade or fan to germinate. The symptoms and damage caused by the disease are illustrated in color.

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