La odisea de las golondrinas

La Península de Osa es una región de 150 000 hectáreas (ha) situada en el suroeste de la provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica (entre 8 ̊ 21' 07 ̋ y 8 ̊ 46' 56 ̋ latitud norte y entre 83 ̊ 14' 28 ̋ a 83 ̊ 45' 24 ̋ longitud este). La región presenta varios tipos de climas según la clasifi cación de Holdridge (1987), específicamente bosque tropical húmedo y bosque lluvioso premontano, con una precipitación anual de 3420 a 6840 mm. De enero a marzo se presenta una estación seca corta (aproximadamente de 35 días) y el promedio de temperatura anual varía de 23 a 27o C (Kappelle...

The Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing seeks to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing through the adoption and implementation of effective port State measures as a means of ensuring the long-term conservation and sustainable use of living marine resources. The intention is that the Agreement will be applied widely and effectively by Parties, in their capacities as port States, for vessels not entitled to fly their flags. It will apply to these vessels when seeking entry to Parties’...

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En 1996, el Centro Internacional de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo de Canadi convoc a una reunin internacional de expertos con el objetivo de examinar ensayos de toxicidad simples, de bajo costo, factibles de conformar una bater a de bioensayos sustentable para la evaluacin de toxicidad de aguas de consumo humano, accesible a pa ses en desarrollo y en la consideracin, ademis, de que el conjunto de pruebas permitiera realizar monitoreos rutinarios con un laboratorio de equipamiento bisico y m nimos insumos. Al ao siguiente, como consecuencia, se cre la red internacional WaterTox, integrada ...