Americas

Manipulating ungulate herbivory in temperate and boreal forests: effects on vegetation and invertebrates. A systematic review

Journal article / This systematic review examines how forest vegetation and invertebrates are affected by manipulating grazing and browsing patterns.

30 April 2018 / About Forests

Integrated assessment of short-lived climate pollutants in Latin America and the Caribbean

Other publication / Report shows how cutting air pollution in LAC region can limit global warming, prevent thousands of premature deaths, and benefit agriculture.

18 April 2018 / About Mitigation, Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Transport

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Poison and profit: mining on traditional lands

Perspective / In the underground depths of northern Canada lies a monster. That’s how one local describes the 237,000 tons of arsenic left from an abandoned mining project.

24 April 2018 / About Land use, Pollution, Public policy and Wellbeing

Analysis of optimal thresholds for identification of open water using MODIS-derived spectral indices for two coastal wetland systems in Mexico

Journal article / This paper discusses remote sensing based approaches for mapping open water surfaces using MODIS data.

11 April 2018 / About Planning and modelling and Water resources

Climate change impacts in Latin America and the Caribbean and their implications for development

Journal article / This paper synthesizes what is known about the physical and biophysical impacts of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean and their consequences.

9 April 2018 / About Adaptation and Mitigation