Essays about: "páramos"

Found 5 essays containing the word páramos.

1. 1. Community awareness regarding the páramos: an exploratory study on Colombian eco-social organizations

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för socialt arbete och kriminologi

   Author : Mariana Caviativa Rojas; Marie Karunaratne Chathurika; [2023]
   Keywords : Rural and urban communities; eco-social work; environmental justice framework; eco-social approach; eco-social organizations; páramos; Colombia.;

   Abstract : This qualitative study explores how eco-social organizations in Colombia work with the communities to protect the páramos, and the issues affecting the páramos. Workers, volunteers, and advisors of the organizations were interviewed to examine the issues affecting the páramos and how they work with the communities to protect this ecosystem. READ MORE

3. 2. Characterization and modeling of hydrology and climatology in paramo ecosystems in Colombia : A study of the paramos and climate change impact on these ecosystems as a water resource

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära

   Author : Lovisa Nilsson; Julia Tholander; [2022]
   Keywords : paramo; hydrology; climate change; precipitation; discharge; modeling; characterization; HBV; ENSO; paramo; hydrologi; klimatförändringar; nederbörd; avrinning; modellering; karaktärisering; HBV; ENSO;

   Abstract : Paramos are unique ecosystems situated in the tropical Andes at an elevation of 2800-4800 meters above sea level. They are home to a variety of endemic species and have a great water regulating capacity and supply around 80 % of the population in Colombia with freshwater. READ MORE

4. 3. The call of the condor: Community-based initiatives as ecosystem conservation in Colombia's páramos

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : María Daniela González; [2021]
   Keywords : Community-based conservation; Sustainability science; biodiversity; páramos; Colombia; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The Colombian government aims to minimize the impacts of human activities in páramos. This requires finding balance between the conservation of the natural resources and maintaining the livelihoods of people living in these areas. READ MORE

5. 4. Peace in the peaks? Changes in water and land distribution in Colombia’s southern highlands during the Post-Peace Agreement phase

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Laura Betancur Alarcón; [2019]
   Keywords : Colombia; highlands; peace agreement; armed conflict; water; political ecology; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Governance of environmental resources plays a key role in enhancing or hindering progress towards peace in post-conflict societies. Two years after the signing of the Peace Agreement between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the government of Colombia, new dynamics on natural resource and land-use are leading to environmental harm in some regions. READ MORE

6. 5. Economy and policy of pre–commercial thinnings in Lithuanian private forestry

   University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

   Author : Karolis Mickevicius; [2013]
   Keywords : private forest owners; pre-commercial thinnings; policy instruments; net present value; internal rate of return;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates how well does pre-Commercial thinnings (PCT) match silvicultural requirements in Lithuania as well as how adequately are the policy instruments steering the application of thinnings. Analysis is carried in three steps. First, 15 selected sample stands were assessed in the central part of Lithuania. READ MORE