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Environment

Imagen aérea del peñón de Guatapé en Colombia. Hay montañas, construcciones, un curso de agua y el cielo con nubes.

Common natural assets

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Common natural assets (Bienes naturales comunes) Common natural assets or natural resources are objects that are naturally existing on earth. They are valuable to manufacture products, meet needs, and provide ecosystem services.… Read More »Common natural assets

Una ciudad con nieve en la que más de una decena de chimeneas lanzan emisiones de humo al ambiente.

Anthropogenic

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Anthropogenic (Antropogénico) Anthropogenic ‘effects, processes, objects, or materials are those that are derived from human activities, as opposed to those occurring in natural environments without human influences’ (AEMET and OECC, 2018).… Read More »Anthropogenic

Imagen satelital del planeta Tierra. Una extensa porción de bosques tiene focos de incendio.

Anthropocene

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Anthropocene (Antropoceno) This term was coined by Paul Crutzen and Eugene Stoermer in 2000 to refer to a new geological epoche to succeed or replace the Holocene. It comes from… Read More »Anthropocene

Planta que crece entre las ranuras de una pared de ladrillo.

Environment

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Adaptation (Adaptación) According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), adaptation is ‘the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate and its effects. In human systems, adaptation seeks… Read More »Environment

Símbolo de la mujer en verde, con un árbol dentro del círculo.

Ecofeminisms

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Ecofeminisms (Ecofeminismos) This is a wave of feminism that emerged in the mid 1970s. It centres on analyzing how the current development model led to the excessive exploitation of the… Read More »Ecofeminisms

Plano medio de una mujer racializada, con el rostro serio y los brazos cruzados en el pecho. De fondo, hay personas fuera de foco que sostienen carteles.

Intersectionality

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Intersectionality (Interseccionalidad) The term was coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw, an Afro-American academic, to highlight the way in which gender, race, social class, sexual orientation, and other individual identity characteristics intersect… Read More »Intersectionality

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Advocacy

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Advocacy (Incidencia política) This is the set of actions to influence the decisions and behaviors of decision makers. The goal is to position the causes and interests of a specific… Read More »Advocacy