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The incredible and sad story of Boca de Cachón : how a rural community in the Hispaniola is in a prolonged, heartless, and predictable climate crisis
(2021)
[English] This article aims to briefly review the socio-economic impact caused by the flooding of Lake Enriquillo on the inhabitants of Boca Cachón due to the complex local phenomenon related to climate variability. Between ...
Consideraciones sobre cambio climático y ordenamiento territorial en República Dominicana
(2013)
Se discuten algunos criterios básicos para integrar el componente de cambio climático en la planificación territorial bajo el concepto de plan de ordenamiento territorial integrado al clima (POTIC). Este plan debe considerar ...
The multidimensional (and contrasting) effects of environmental warming on a group of montane tropical lizards
(2022)
Mountains are cradles for biodiversity and crucibles for climate-driven species loss, particularly for tropical ectotherms. Constriction on activity and amplified heat stress are two key sources of warming-driven vulnerability ...
Métodos para el estudio de la biodiversidad en ecosistemas marinos tropicales de Iberoamérica para la adaptación al cambio climático
(2014)
La RED CYTED “Evaluación integral del estado de conservación de la biodiversidad en ecosistemas marinos y costeros del litoral de Iberoamérica para la adaptación al cambio climático” está compuesta por seis grupos de ...
Métodos para entender el cambio climático
(2010)
Este breve trabajo trata sobre los métodos para entender el cambio climático, centrándose en el uso de modelos climáticos globales, una representación de los procesos físicos, químicos y biológicos que afectan el sistema ...
Ampliar los compromisos de salud y cambio climático en la actualización de las contribuciones determinadas a nivel nacional
(2021)
Esta nota técnica tiene como finalidad ayudar los países a ampliar sus compromisos y medidas en materia de salud en la ronda actualizada de contribuciones determinadas a nivel nacional (CDN).
Strengthening climate resilient health systems in the Caribbean
(2023)
The nexus between climate change and health in the Caribbean is a growing area of interest and importance, as the region is already experiencing the devastating health impacts from climate change. The EU/CARIFORUM project ...
Climate change and small island developing states
(2020)
Despite their heterogeneity, small island developing states (SIDS) are recognized as being particularly at risk to climate change, and, as they share numerous common traits, the United Nations recognizes them as a special ...
Land restoration in Latin America and the Caribbean : an overview of recent, ongoing and planned restoration initiatives and their potential for climate change mitigation
(2019)
Land degradation is a globally recognized problem and restoration of degraded land is currently high on the international agenda. Forest landscape restoration and other restorative ecosystem management activities are ...
Using the past to contextualize anthropogenic impacts on the present and future distribution of an endemic Caribbean mammal
(2019)
Island species are difficult to conserve because they face the synergy of climate change, invasive species, deforestation, and increasing human population densities in areas where land mass is shrinking. The Caribbean ...