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Improving environmental management of extractives through Environmental Impact Assessments

January, 2013
Chile, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico, Brazil, Latin America and the Caribbean
Land, Climate Change & Environment
mining
land use
environment
extractive industries
assessment
How have Latin American countries been using Environmental Impact Assessments in order to build more sustainable extractive industries? A focus on Peru provides some interesting lessons.

Is it possible to develop extractive industries while preserving the environment? Several Latin American countries have been attempting to improve the environmental sustainability of their extractive industry sectors by developing their legal frameworks, in particular through the use and adaptation of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) tool.
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Environmental impacts and simultaneity of positive and negative storm surges on the coast of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2013
Argentina
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
water management
local communities
climate change
The Argentine shore of the Rio de la Plata estuary and its southwards adjacent maritime front are normally affected by extratropical positive and negative storm surges that affect human activities seriously. Positive surges can raise the water level in the estuary by more than 3m over the predicted tide; thus, flooding the coastal plain where over 13 million people live and causing extensive property damage. Sometimes, there has been loss of life too.
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Dinámica y consecuencias del cambio en la cobertura y el uso del suelo en el Chaco semi-árido

Reports & Research
January, 2014
Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, South America
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
land use
forest land
forest management plans
forest conservation
La deforestación en Sudamérica afecta principalmente a tres ecosistemas: El Cerrado en Brasil, la selva de Chiquitanos en Bolivia y el Gran Chaco en Bolivia, Paraguay y Argentina, siendo en estos dos últimos países en donde ocurren las mayores transformaciones del paisaje para la producción de commodities para exportación.
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Efectos y respuestas al pastoreo selectivo doméstico sobre plantas, poblaciones y ecosistemas pastoriles áridos

Reports & Research
January, 2013
Argentina
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
environment
grazing
Los ecosistemas pastoriles del mundo se caracterizan por algún grado de aridez y pastoreo por grandes herbívoros, que por su biomasa por área y los efectos de su actividad pueden ser consideradas especies ingenieras del ecosistema. El objetivo de esta Tesis fue estudiar el efecto del manejo del pastoreo ovino sobre distintos niveles jerárquicos de organización de la vegetación en estepas áridas de la Patagonia, desde plantas hasta ecosistemas/comunidades pasando por poblaciones.
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Deforestación y fragmentación de la selva misionera: estrategias y herramientas para el diseño del paisaje : Caso de estudio Colonia Andresito

Reports & Research
March, 2013
Brazil, Argentina, Latin America and the Caribbean
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
Esta tesis tiene como objetivo general estudiar el efecto de la transformación del paisaje, a través de los procesos poblacionales, productivos y la deforestación asociada a ellos, sobre los patrones estructurales del paisaje y proponer herramientas para la incorporación del enfoque ecológico en la planificación territorial. La deforestación es uno de los principales problemas ecológicos que enfrenta la humanidad, que causa la transformación de los territorios boscosos como producto del accionar del hombre.
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Conflictos Ambientales y apropiación de territorios rurales en Brasil y Argentina, un análisis a partir de los actores sociales involucrados : estudio comparativo de la acción internacional de La Vía Campesina

Reports & Research
August, 2013
Brazil, Argentina
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
land policies
agrarian reform
Pinto, L. H. (2015). Conflictos Ambientales y apropiación de territorios rurales en Brasil y Argentina, un análisis a partir de los actores sociales involucrados : estudio comparativo de la acción internacional de La Vía Campesina (Tesis de Doctorado). Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Bernal, Argentina.
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Assessing potential desertification environmental impact in life cycle assessment. Part 2: agricultural case study in Spain and Argentina

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2013
Argentina, Spain
Land, Climate Change & Environment
desertification
land use
PURPOSE: Land use in dry lands can result in a final stage where land is completely depleted or entirely degraded causing the desertification phenomenon. The first part (part 1) of this series of two articles proposed a methodology to include desertification in life cycle assessment (LCA). A set of variables to be measured in the life cycle inventory, characterization factors, and an impact assessment method for the life cycle impact assessment phase were proposed.
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Can renewable energy technologies improve the management of stressed water resources threatened by climate change? Argentine drylands case study

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2013
Argentina, Central America, South America
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land-use planning
climate change
This work addresses increasing concerns about water management for rural productive activities in the vast dry regions of Latin America by assessing renewable energy technologies (RETs) that could be suitable for localized needs. Forecasted trends in climate change and variability make this analysis very relevant, in an area where very little published work exists. While Argentina is widely known for its fertile pampas, around 75 % of the country consists of dry lands. In addition, erosion is increasing by up to 650,000 hectares each year.
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Plant phenology as affected by land degradation in the arid Patagonian Monte, Argentina: A multivariate approach

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2013
Argentina
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
land degradation
In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the study of climate change effects on plant phenology. However, the effects of other more localized components of global change such as land degradation have been almost completely ignored. In this paper we evaluate the phenological patterns of 10 plant species at three sites with contrasting levels of land degradation due to overgrazing in the Patagonian Monte, Argentina, and their relationship with plant morphology, browsing intensity, and plant competition.
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Proceedings of the Second Meeting for the Integral Use of Cactus Pear and Other Cacti and 1st South American Meeting of the FAO-ICARDA CACTUSNET Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero, Argentina September 17-19, 2012. CACTUSNET Newsletter Special Iss...

Reports & Research
December, 2013
Chile, United States of America, Israel, Sweden, Guatemala, China, Australia, Bolivia, Suriname, Venezuela, Eritrea, Yemen, Peru, South Africa, Ecuador, Argentina, Paraguay, Mexico, Brazil, South America, Americas
Land, Climate Change & Environment
desertification
En todas las regiones áridas y semiáridas del mundo se considera a “las tunas”, como proveedoras de usos múltiples con notables condiciones para zonas marginales. Los tunales, fueron siempre de interés para Santiago del Estero, Argentina, desde su fundación, iniciándose luego una serie ininterrumpida de esfuerzos para alcanzar un conocimiento exhaustivo sobre las mismas, tarea que aun continua. El grupo de trabajo de la Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero ha trabajado en el tema por largo tiempo, en forma constante, sostenida.

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