Financing Marine Protected Areas through visitors fees: A possible solution...
It is estimated that the cost to maintain the protected area Lafken Mapu Lahual in southern Chile is about US$343,620 annually to cover expenses associated to administration, surveillance and...
View ArticleBites and stings from venomous animals: a neglected Brazilian tropical disease
Snakebites represent a public health and environmental problem that mainly affects the rural communities of poor and developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Oceania. The most affected...
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How satellites can help control the spread of diseases such as Zika
The explosive spread of Zika throughout the Americas is raising questions about the best ways to control this and future epidemics. We first need to identify what factors contribute to the spread of...
View ArticleIs Panama on the verge of a scientific brain drain?
Originally published on The Conversation. Government support for research into new scientific learning and new technologies is crucial – and difficult to get. What little money is available is hotly...
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Scientists from Bolivia and Venezuela win awards for conservation of harpy...
Last night, Bolivia’s Ximena Velez-Liendo and Venezuela’s Alexander Blanco won Whitley Awards for their conservation work in Latin America. Ximena Velez-Liendo, whom Bolivia’s El Deber recently dubbed...
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Nicaragua may be out of the Paris climate accords, but it’s still chasing...
Yesterday, as Donald Trump announced that the United States would be withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, a non-binding resolution to voluntarily fight climate change, the internet exploded in...
View ArticleHow drones are improving marine science research in Ecuador
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