environmental protection Archives

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Four Latin American countries make waves with new marine reserve

November 5, 2021

On Tuesday at the UN Climate Change Summit (COP26), Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, and Costa Rica inaugurated a new environmental protection zone spanning the ...
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In search of climate action: The Western Hemisphere and President-elect Biden

Marcelo Mena and Anders Beal | December 18, 2020

Given Latin America and the Caribbean's vulnerability to climate change, its leaders are closely watching how the incoming Biden administration will ...
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Looking at Brazil through natural capital economics

Julia Marisa Sekula | September 24, 2020

Gross primary productivity (GPP) is a measurement that shows the cumulative output generated by water, light, and air. Natural capital economics ...
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From pandemics to floods: Inequality as a comorbidity

Teresa Kramarz | June 11, 2020

Similar to the COVID-19 pandemic, environmental disasters hit marginalized communities the hardest. Not just because they are more exposed to risk, but ...
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Environmental protection in the Americas

December 6, 2017

A breakdown of domestic performance and adherence to international treaties in the hemisphere.
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