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A social-ecological approach to studying variation in urban trees and ecosystem services in the National Municipal District of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
(2022)
[English] Maintaining a diverse urban forest that provides ecosystem services can promote urban sustainability and resilience to environmental change. Around the world, cities have taken to inventorying their urban trees ...
Urban-forest assessment in the Dominican Republic
(2019)
The world´s urbanization forecast shows that 60% of the human population will be living in cities by 2050 (United Nations et al. 2017). This growth will negatively impact natural forests surrounding urban areas and will ...
Contribution of urban forests to the ecosystem service of air quality in the city of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
(2021)
A survey on pollutants that affect air quality was carried out at 27 points in the city of Santo Domingo, National District. The removal of air pollutants was estimated in relation to the city’s forest cover; using the ...
At a conservation crossroad : the Bahoruco-Jaragua-Enriquillo biosphere reserve in the Dominican Republic
(2021)
This paper assesses the Dominican Republic’s willingness to pay (WTP) for a conservation, restoration, and sustainable development program for the Bahoruco-Jaragua-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve (RBJBE). Created in 2002, the ...
Urban forest sustainability in residential areas in the city of Santo Domingo
(2021)
Cities are territories vulnerable to climate change. An alternative to increase resilience and mitigate the effects of the climate context is urban forest planning to increase ecosystem services. This research constructed ...
Perception of ecosystem services and adaptation to climate change : Mirador Sur Park in Santo Domingo
(2022)
[English] The rapid urbanization of cities has resulted in the deterioration of urban forests and the loss of important benefits from green infrastructure, such as the removal of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) and carbon sequestration. ...
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 ...
Understanding governance in the Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve : An empirical approach
(2023)
Background and research aim: This paper analyses the governance in the Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve (RBJBE), located in the southwest of the Dominican Republic along the borders with the Republic of Haiti. ...
Smallholder farmer resilience to extreme weather events in global food value chains
(2023)
Extreme weather events have severe impacts on food systems, especially for smallholders in global food value chains (GFVCs). There is an urgent need to understand (a) how climate shocks manifest in food systems, and (b) ...
Using contingent valuation for a conservation and restoration program : the case of the national system of protected areas of the Dominican Republic
(2022)
[English] The Dominican Republic has a national system of protected areas integrated for 128 conservation units, covering a land area of 1.2 million hectares, representing around one-quarter of the country's surface. This ...