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Towards joint consideration of adaptive capacity and water security: lessons from the arid Americas

Christine J Kirchhoff, Francisco Lara-Valencia, Julie Brugger, Paula Mussetta, more

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability > 2016 > 21 > C > 22-28

Freshwater resources face enormous pressures to meet human and ecosystem needs in a changing climate. These pressures brought concern for rising water insecurity high on global agendas and, renewed interest in improving water security. This review traces the recent evolution of these efforts including the challenges faced in attempts to enhance water security. In addition, this paper adds a new dimension...

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Mapping socio-environmentally vulnerable populations access and exposure to ecosystem services at the U.S.–Mexico borderlands

Laura M. Norman, Miguel L. Villarreal, Francisco Lara-Valencia, Yongping Yuan, more

Applied Geography > 2012 > 34 > Complete > 413-424

Socio-environmental vulnerable populations are often unrepresented in land-use planning yet have great potential for loss when exposed to changes in ecosystem services. Administrative boundaries, cultural differences, and language barriers increase the disassociation between land-use management and marginalized populations living in the U.S.–Mexico borderlands. This paper describes the development...

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Evolution of environmental policy instruments implemented for the protection of totoaba and the vaquita porpoise in the Upper Gulf of California

Mariana Bobadilla, Saul Alvarez-Borrego, Sophie Avila-Foucat, Francisco Lara-Valencia, more

Environmental Science and Policy > 2011 > 14 > 8 > 998-1007

We retrospectively analyzed environmental policy instruments decreed by the Mexican federal government for the protection of marine species and ecosystems in the Upper Gulf of California. Totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldii) and the vaquita porpoise (Phocoena sinus) are two priority species in the national and international agendas for marine protection. We observe that while the measures taken by the State,...

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Towards joint consideration of adaptive capacity and water security: lessons from the arid Americas

Mapping socio-environmentally vulnerable populations access and exposure to ecosystem services at the U.S.–Mexico borderlands

Evolution of environmental policy instruments implemented for the protection of totoaba and the vaquita porpoise in the Upper Gulf of California

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Towards joint consideration of adaptive capacity and water security: lessons from the arid Americas

Mapping socio-environmentally vulnerable populations access and exposure to ecosystem services at the U.S.–Mexico borderlands

Evolution of environmental policy instruments implemented for the protection of totoaba and the vaquita porpoise in the Upper Gulf of California

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