Browsing Investigación ambiental by Subject "Cambio climático"
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La okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L) Moench) un cultivo con potencial para la humanidad
(2019)La okra o molondrón (Abelmoschus esculentus (L) Moench) es considerada un vegetal económicamente importante en países tropicales, subtropicales y otras partes del mundo. Esta planta tiene usos alimenticios y medicinales ... -
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 ... -
Pautas para integrar la vulnerabilidad climática en los planes regionales de ordenamiento territorial en República Dominicana
(2020)[Español] Se ofrecen pautas para integrar la vulnerabilidad climática en el diagnóstico territorial del Plan Regional de Ordenamiento y Desarrollo Territorial a través de un ejercicio de superposición de capas que relaciona ... -
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. ... -
Planning for resilience : incorporating scenario and model uncertainty and trade-offs when prioritizing management of climate refugia
(2022)Climate change has become the greatest threat to the world's ecosystems. Locating and managing areas that contribute to the survival of key species under climate change is critical for the persistence of ecosystems in the ... -
Potential impacts of climate change on biodiversity in Central America, Mexico and the Dominican Republic.
(2008)The overall objective of the current study is to assess the potential impacts of climate change on the biodiversity of Belize, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and ... -
Public engagement and collaboration for carbon dioxide removal : lessons from a project in the Dominican Republic
(2024)Despite an increase in literature on public perceptions of carbon dioxide removal (CDR), there remains a paucity of evidence describing the social and developmental processes involved in the implementation of projects ... -
Quo vadis lakes Azuei and Enriquillo : a future outlook for two of the Caribbean basin’s largest lakes
(2021)Lakes Azuei (LA) and Enriquillo (LE) on Hispaniola Island started expanding in 2005 and continued to do so until 2016. After inundating large swaths of arable land, submerging a small community, and threatening to swallow ... -
Relaciones entre medio ambiente y migraciones en República Dominicana : evidencias, interpretaciones y políticas a partir de un estudio de casos
(2016)En el presente documento se exponen los resultados de la investigación sobre migraciones y medio ambiente en República Dominicana, uno de los países comprendidos en el proyecto: “Migración, Medio Ambiente y Cambio Climático: ... -
Reporte de Investigación del Programa EcoMar
(2014)Publicación periódica del Programa EcoMar, Inc., una institución científica y educativa dominicana, constituida en 2001, que desarrolla proyectos de investigación en educación y gestión ambiental, pesquerías, ecología y ... -
Segurança alimentar, conhecimento ecológico tradicional e agroecologia como bases para o estudo dos sistemas alimentares nas cidades fronteiriças de Anse-à-Pitre no Haiti e Pedernales na República Dominicana
(2018)Resumen : A pesar dos esforços globais nas últimas décadas em prol de garantir a segurança alimentar das nações, atualmente o número de pessoas no mundo que padece de fome ou desnutrição chega quase a um bilhão, enquanto ... -
Small island nations can achieve food security benefits through climate-adaptive blue food governance by 2050
(2023)Small island nations are highly dependent on food from aquatic environments, or blue food, and vulnerable to climate change and global food market price volatility. By 2050, rising populations will demand more food through ... -
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) ... -
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 ... -
Territorios rurales y adaptación al cambio climático en República Dominicana
(2012)Este libro contiene los resultados de un estudio para entender mejor cómo aumentar las capacidades tanto de los hogares y comunidades como de las instituciones locales y externas, para responder al fenómeno del cambio ... -
The Global Climate Risk Index 2021
(2021)The Global Climate Risk Index 2021 analyses and ranks to what extent countries and regions have been affected by impacts of climate related extreme weather events (storms, floods, heatwaves etc.). The most recent data ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Uncertain future for global sea turtle populations in face of sea level rise
(2023)Sea level rise has accelerated during recent decades, exceeding rates recorded during the previous two millennia, and as a result many coastal habitats and species around the globe are being impacted. This situation is ...