Assessing global aquaculture production systems
This collaborative program research will be carried out in 8 countries. The major question is: How does a specific sector of aquaculture in a specific country perform in terms of inputs and outputs
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Can revenue recycling make fossil fuel subsidy reform and carbon tax socially acceptable? A survey experiment in Colombia
Carbon pricing needs to be a cornerstone policy to reach the Paris Climate Agreement. A common concern for introducing even moderate adjustments to prices is related to the possible adverse (or
Characterization of Women Access, Use, Management and Governance to Land and Water in Latin America and East Africa: A Systematic Review.
This project aims to scope and characterize the evidence that relates gender equality and natural resources, particularly water and land, in two subregions: Andean Amazon and East Africa countries
All that glitters is not gold? Approaching the sub-national and spatial impact of a gold rush and policy changes
Over the last 20 years, there has been a rapid expansion of gold mining in Colombia. The objective of this proposal is to investigate the impacts of this boom on local socioeconomic and environmental
Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture management
Overfishing and depleted fish stocks are the results of open-access conditions where an individual fisher is acting in line with what is best for her personally. However, the joint outcome of all
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South Africa, India, Colombia, China, Ghana, Nigeria, Chile, Vietnam, Sweden, Tanzania, Central America
Black communities, gold and markets: Understanding motivations for and addressing barriers to more sustainable community-based gold mining within Colombia’s Pacific Coast
Gold mining produces large environmental impacts with significant land-use conversion and pollution of both water and air, linked to mercury and other heavy metals. The communities engaged in gold
Ground-level ozone under traffic disruptions: gasoline and diesel vehicles-free days
Most concerns of pollution centralize the debate on PM, and forget that other pollutants such as ozone may also have impacts on public health. In the literature, little is known about how ozone
What happens when one no longer gets ecosystem services payments?
As programs of payment for ecosystem or environmental services (PES) are rising in number, there is a need to understand effects of PES on providers’ motivations and, in turn, behaviors. ‘Crowding in’
Cleaning the air: good policies against bad air quality?
Medellin, the second largest city in Colombia, is located in the Aburrá Valley and exhibits the lowest level of air quality of the country due to PM2.5 (IDEAM, 2016).The topographic characteristics
Identifying livelihoods, food security and sustainability of fisheries managed by local communities on marine protected areas in the Colombian Caribbean
Artisanal fishing in developing countries usually lacks statistics that allow proper research and understanding about livelihoods and fishing models; that makes it difficult to propose alternative