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Flow of economic benefits from coral reefs in a multi-use Caribbean marine protected area using network theory
(2021)
Adaptation to changes in the delivery of ecosystem services while maintaining resilience of natural systems is one of the main challenges faced by multi-use marine protected areas (MPAs). To overcome this, it is crucial ...
Investing in nature-based solutions : cost profiles of collective-action watershed investment programs
(2023)
Highlights: • We surveyed costs of municipal-scale collective-action watershed investment programs. • Administrative and transaction costs on average account for over one-third of total costs. • Average annual costs varied ...
Gestión integral de riesgo de desastres en República Dominicana : pequeño estado Insular en desarrollo
(2024)
El enfoque de manejo de riesgo de desastres ha ido evolucionando a través del tiempo. Este artículo de revisión pretende describir el proceso histórico y las bases legales de la Gestión Integral de Riesgo de Desastres ...
Arrecifes en peligro en el Caribe
(2005)
"Arrecifes en peligro en el Caribe" es parte integrante de la labor del World Resources Institute (WRI), la Red Internacional de Acción en Defensa de los Arrecifes de Coral (International Coral Reef Action Network, ICRAN) ...
Genetic patterns in Neotropical Magnolias (Magnoliaceae) using de novo developed microsatellite markers
(2019)
Conserving tree populations safeguards forests since they represent key elements of the ecosystem. The genetic characteristics underlying the evolutionary success of the tree growth form: high genetic diversity, extensive ...
Evolutionary rate shifts in coding and regulatory regions underpin repeated adaptation to sulfidic streams in poeciliid fishes
(2024)
Adaptation to extreme environments often involves the evolution of dramatic physiological changes. To better understand how organisms evolve these complex phenotypic changes, the repeatability and predictability of evolution, ...
Assessment of soil heavy metal pollution and the ecological risk in an agricultural area from Sánchez Ramírez province, Dominican Republic
(2024)
Heavy metal pollution in agricultural soils is one of the main problems in agricultural production worldwide, which threatens human health and the environment. To evaluate the pollution levels of heavy metals and the ...
Assessing Magnoliaceae through time : major global efforts to track extinction risk status and ex situ conservation
(2023)
Comprehensive Red List assessments act as valuable resources for informing protected area designations, national protected species legislation and action strategies, and international biodiversity agreements, yet they are ...
Mangrove deforestation in the Dominican Republic, 1969 to 2012
(2013)
The twin objectives of this study are to refine our understanding of the changes in mangrove area in the Dominican Republic over the period of rapid tourist expansion and to assess if mangrove forests in tourist locations ...
Capital costero : valoración de los ecosistemas costeros de la República Dominicana
(2010)
[Español] Los cuatro estudios presentados aquí de forma resumida son una pequeña muestra de los beneficios proporcionados por los ecosistemas costeros de la República Dominicana: la protección de playas de arena blanca en ...