Author: Bernard J. Nebel
Publisher: Pearson Educación
ISBN: 9789701702338
Category : Ecosistemas
Languages : es
Pages : 738

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Author: UNESCO Office Montevideo and Regional Bureau for Science in Latin America and the Caribbean
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
ISBN: 9231003488
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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Author: Apolinar Figueroa Casas
Publisher: Universidad del Valle
ISBN: 6287683538
Category : Science
Languages : es
Pages : 285

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Este libro reúne textos de profesores del Doctorado Interinstitucional en Ciencias Ambientales de la Universidad del Valle, la Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira y la Universidad del Cauca; además, de profesores invitados de México y España. El objetivo principal de la formación doctoral es preparar investigadores de alto nivel, vinculados al sector ambiental, que estarán en capacidad de trabajar en equipos interdisciplinarios desde una dimensión tecnológica, ética, social, política y económica; para generar conocimientos y plantear alternativas de solución a los problemas asociados con el medio ambiente, buscando la sostenibilidad de la relación entre naturalezas y culturas. Los diferentes aportes consignados en los capítulos que componen este texto permiten nutrir, no agotar, la discusión generada sobre el estatuto académico de las ciencias ambientales, abordado desde diferentes disciplinas que integran visiones desde las denominadas como ciencias duras hasta los aportes de las ciencias sociales, y el reconocimiento de los saberes ancestrales que diferentes grupos étnico-territoriales han creado en su proceso histórico de configuración social, con referencia a su concepción de naturaleza. Su enfoque ofrece una visión crítica, amplia y plural sobre diferentes formas de abordar las relaciones entre los humanos y su entorno, como el deterioro generado al medio ambiente, que pasó de ser objeto de conocimiento a un actor fundamental de la realidad. Esperamos que los lectores del libro saquen sus propias conclusiones y establezcan una perspectiva propia en la búsqueda de soluciones al impacto negativo de la acción humana sobre el planeta.

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Publisher: IICA
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 245

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Author: Walter Leal Filho
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030374254
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1066

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This book addresses the issue of climate change risks and hazards holistically. Climate change adaptation aims at managing climate risks and hazards to an acceptable level, taking advantage of any positive opportunities that may arise. At the same time, developing suitable responses to hazards for communities and users of climate services is important in ensuring the success of adaptation measures. But despite this, knowledge about adaptation options, including possible actions that can be implemented to improve adaptation and reduce the impacts of climate change hazards, is still limited. Addressing this need, the book presents studies and research findings and offers a catalogue of potential adaptation options that can be explored. It also includes case studies providing illustrative and inspiring examples of how we can adapt to a changing climate.

Author: Peter Smolka
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642596940
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 436

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Climate models show that climate change is not a uniform process. Areas of increased temperature are situated near areas of decreased temperature, areas with increased precipitation adjoin areas of drought. This is one of the reasons why climate change is so difficult to detect. Any parameter must be considered and tested locally or regionally and not on an average globally. This book gives an overview of current research methods and results in the different fields of climate research including modelling. In addition, it contains a hemisphere-wide stratigraphic data base with about 80000 species. All paleoclimatic data as well as a state-of-the-art atmospheric circulation model in a PC version are included. So both research and graduate teaching are supported with high-end software running on affordable computers, also in those countries that have no access to Cray super computers. Thus, this book will be of interest to all researchers and scientists in the field of climatology.

Author: María Lelia Pochettino
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031605527
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 569

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Author: María Guadalupe Frías-De-León
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030896641
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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The shift of weather patterns has affected the incidence and prevalence of infectious diseases, including mycoses. Mycoses have remained neglected due to a lack of training and recognition within the medical community. Nonetheless, these diseases remain common worldwide while frequently being underdiagnosed. Climate change affects the distribution of fungal communities, provoking outbreaks in locations where these mycoses were absent or in low frequencies. Moreover, the reports of clinical cases related to new fungal pathogens have increased due to the description of new fungal species or due to the ability of some species to shift to new hosts. Thus, this book, The Impact of Climate Change on Fungal Diseases, is a contribution to the knowledge of a global environmental phenomenon and its relation to these diseases, and it serves as a guide for health professionals to dive deep into the repercussions of climate change and how they can implement measures for the prevention and control of fungal infections.

Author: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. General Assembly
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 2831702267
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 202

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Author: Sergio A. Estay
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030351432
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 239

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By providing multiple economic goods and ecosystem services, Latin American forests play a key role in the environmental, social and economic welfare of the region’s countries. From the tropical forests of Central America to the Mediterranean and temperate vegetation of the southern cone, these forests face a myriad of phytosanitary problems that negatively impact on both conservation efforts and forest industry. This book brings together the perspectives of several Latin American researchers on pest and disease management. Each chapter provides modern views of the status and management alternatives to problems as serious as the impact of introduced exotic insects and diseases on Pinus and Eucalyptus plantations throughout the continent, and the emergence of novel insect outbreaks in tropical and temperate native forests associated with global warming. It is a valuable guide for researchers and practitioners working on forest health in Latin America and around the world.