This thesis will focus on the historical ecology of the wider Caribbean region, exploring the changing perceptions and human exploitation of manatees. Central to the research is understanding how socio-economic and cultural ...

La Evaluación Ecológica Integral (EEI) del Parque Nacional del Este, realizada entre 1994 y 1995, abarcó diversas áreas como las condiciones socioeconómicas, espeleología y turismo. Situado en la región sureste de la ...

Revista científica editada en la República Dominicana que pretende contribuir con la difusión de resultados originales e inéditos de investigación básica y aplicada sobre temas de ciencias naturales, ambiente, clima, ...

Socio-ecological conflicts about land use in Latin America are complex: they involve various actors and flare up due to the dynamics of colonization, spatial appropriation, and the commodification of land. This volume of ...

Biodiversity should not be understood in biological terms only and as a thing apart from society, but rather as biocultural diversity present in the social world and in various cultures. Such a perspective might allow to ...

Societies have culturally framed and interacted with historical climate variability or anthropogenic climate change and climatic extremes, thereby becoming more or less vulnerable to the impacts of these events. This volume ...

Conflicts and struggles like urbanization processes and the productive use of water have impacted the relationship of Latin American and Caribbean societies with water for centuries. This volume of the Handbook «The ...