The marine environment provides, directly or indirectly, a wide range of benefits on humans that are not just economic but also on health and well-being. All these privileges are returned in the form of pollution. Human actions are destroying the marine living environment and with this the human...

Shrimp sector in Ecuador is nowadays one of the fastest-growing non-oil sectors towards the international market. In despite of this growth, to our knowledge most of the little producers of shrimps in Ecuador take important operational decisions based upon empirical knowledge, without...

This research analyzes the potential effects that a redistributive fishing quota policy could have on the profits and employment of the artisanal fisher organizations. We use a multi-objective programming model and apply it to the common sardine and anchovies fisheries in the Biobío Region for...

This research analyzes the potential effects that a redistributive fishing quota policy could have on the profits and employment of the artisanal fisher organizations. We use a multi-objective programming model and apply it to the common sardine and anchovies fisheries in the Biobío Region for...

Spanish Abstract: Las comunidades de pescadores artesanales en países en desarrollo generalmente exhiben altos niveles de pobreza y vulnerabilidad, y una fuerte dependencia de los recursos pesqueros para su subsistencia. Sin embargo, no existe suficiente información que permita entender las...

English Abstract: Marine ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to changes in climatic variables, making fishing livelihoods highly risky in times of global climate emergency. In fact, the collapse of some fish stocks because of increasing water temperatures is starting to become evident. In the...

The marine environment provides, directly or indirectly, a wide range of benefits on humans that are not just economic but also on health and well-being. All these privileges are returned in the form of pollution. Human actions are destroying the marine living environment and with this the human...

La ciénaga de Ayapel hace parte del macrosistema de humedales y zonas inundables de la Depresión Momposina y es un sistema de lagunas sobre la llanura aluvial del Río San Jorge. Cumple una función ambiental importante para la región y el país, pues modera los regímenes hidrológicos de...

En este documento se estudian las variables ambientales, económicas y sociales de la ciénaga continental más grande de Colombia, Zapatosa. Este ecosistema está repartido entre dos departamentos (Cesar y Magdalena) y cinco municipios (Chimichagua, Tamalameque, El Banco, Chiriguaná y...

La explotación de recursos de uso común constituye la única fuente de ingresos de una porción significativa de hogares en países en desarrollo. El objetivo de este documento es mostrar empíricamente que cuando un recurso de uso común escasea, esto ocasiona un crecimiento demográfico tal...