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Participatory assessment of a community’s climate resilience and potential for the REDD+ program in the Dominican Republic (Doctoral dissertation, Université de Sherbrooke).
(2018)
To adapt to climate change, the Dominican Republic is writing its national strategy for the REDD+ program. An ongoing conservation project managed by the Fondo Agua Santo Domingo got fast and cost-effective results compatible ...
Environmental science in middle school curricula : A pilot project in the Dominican Republic
(2012)
The Dominican Republic’s (DR) public investment in education by 2010 was 2% of the GNP; falling behind the 6% minimum established by UNESCO in 2010 as a requirement to achieve quality education. The DR has not developed ...
Estudio de la biología reproductiva de la golondrina verde (Tachycineta euchrysea), una especie endémica y amenazada de la isla ‘La Hispaniola’
(2013)
La Golondrina Verde (Tachycineta euchrysea) es un especie rara y endémica a la isla La Hispaniola. Se sabe que sus poblaciones han estado disminuyendo durante las últimas décadas, llegando así a ser incluida como Vulnerable ...
Discovering gold In the Greater Antilles : the natural history and breeding biology of the Hispaniolan Golden Swallow, followed by the status of the critically endangered Jamaican Golden Swallow
(2016)
This thesis is divided into two parts that collectively tell the contemporary stories of both Golden Swallow subspecies known to the Greater Antilles islands of Hispaniola and Jamaica. Part I constitutes the first in-depth ...
Biology and conservation of marine turtle nesting in the Dominican Republic
(2014)
The loss of biodiversity has become one of the most pressing issues, which has lead to a growing global concern about the status of the biological resources on which human life depends. In recent decades there has been a ...
Connection with nature as an indicator for the Eco-Schools programme : development, test and evaluation of a survey-based tool for Spanish-speaking countries
(2020)
[English] In this thesis, the main benefits from the connection with nature were identified, as well as a measurement tool identified, translated, and tested in Spanish-speaking countries participating in the Foundation ...
Holocene climate and environmental history of Laguna Saladilla, Dominican Republic
(2011)
Stratigraphic analyses of lacustrine sediments provide powerful tools for reconstructing past environments. The records that result from these analyses are key to understanding present-day climate mechanisms and how the ...
Late-Holocene environmental history in the northeastern Caribbean : multi-proxy evidence from two small lakes on the southern slope of the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic
(2007)
This dissertation presents multi-proxy evidence of paleoenvironmental change preserved in sediment records recovered from two lakes on the southern (Caribbean) slope of the Cordillera Central in the Dominican Republic: ...
Diseño de un modelo de gestión integral de residuos sólidos urbanos en el municipio de La Concepción de La Vega (República Dominicana)
(2020)
El municipio escogido para el caso de estudio es La Concepción de La Vega (República Dominicana). La gestión de los residuos sólidos urbanos es atribuible a los ayuntamientos y es orientada exclusivamente a la recolección ...
Impacto de la intervención humana en el flujo de sedimentos de la cuenca del río Yuna y sus efectos en el Parque Nacional Manglares del Bajo Yuna, República Dominicana
(2021)
La presente investigación busca dar visibilidad al impacto en torno al flujo de sedimentos que se presentan en la cuenca del río Yuna y el Parque Nacional del bajo Yuna por los efectos de las actividades antropogénicas ...