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Localized governance of carbon dioxide removal in Small Island Developing States
(2022)
Highlights:
● Small Island Developing States are particularly at risk from climate change impacts
● Participatory frameworks are key for societal appraisal of carbon dioxide removal
● Localized governance may positively ...
Identifying critical areas for conservation : biodiversity and climate change in Central America, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic
(2008)
Given the rapidity and intensity of anthropogenic impacts on natural systems, assessing the effectiveness of current protected areas in preserving biodiversity is especially important in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean, which ...
Soluciones basadas en la naturaleza para ciudades de América Latina y el Caribe : guía metodológica
(2021)
El proyecto CityAdapt, implementado por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente, en el marco de EUROCLIMA+, promueve la resiliencia climática en áreas urbanas a través de la implementación de Soluciones ...
Mangrove mortality in a changing climate : an overview
(2018)
Mangroves provide vital ecosystem services at the dynamic interface between land and oceans. Recent reports of mangrove mortality suggest that mangroves may be adversely affected by climate change. Here, we review historical ...
Global significance of mangrove blue carbon in climate change mitigation
(2020)
Mangrove forests store and sequester large area-specific quantities of blue carbon (Corg). Except for tundra and peatlands, mangroves store more Corg per unit area than any other ecosystem. Mean mangrove Corg stock is 738.9 ...
Tropical montane vegetation dynamics near the upper cloud belt strongly associated with a shifting ITCZ and fire
(2022)
Tropical montane forests house unusual and diverse biota and are considered highly vulnerable to climate change, particularly near the trade wind inversion (TWI) – the upper end of the cloud belt that defines tropical ...
Variación interanual de la floración y visita de abejas en cuatro especies de árboles de bosque seco en República Dominicana
(2015)
Entre septiembre 2010 a agosto 2013, en los municipios Bánica y Pedro Santana, en el suroeste de la República Dominicana, se realizaron observaciones de la floración de cuatro especies de interés apícola presentes en el ...
Meteorological, agricultural and hydrological drought in the Dominican Republic : a review
(2018)
In Dominican Republic, the impacts of the meteorological, agricultural and hydrological drought have been intensified in recent years due to the effect of ENSO and climate change, putting at risk agricultural and livestock ...
Status of Caribbean coral reefs after bleaching and hurricanes in 2005
(2008)
The most extreme coral bleaching and mortality event to hit the Wider Caribbean (including Atlantic) coral reefs occurred in 2005. This was during the warmest year ever recorded, eclipsing the 9 warmest years that had ...
Editorial : Copenhague, acuerdo de mínimos
(2011)
No hubo acuerdos vinculantes ni consenso sobre la ruta a seguir para paliar los impactos de los cambios del clima mundial. Decepcionado e impotente por las perspectivas sombrías que se cernían sobre Copenhague, la Capital ...