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Un frágil tesoro: las mariposas colombianas
Colombia es uno de los países más ricos del planeta en especies de mariposas. La abundancia de publicaciones científicas sobre estos lepidópteros contrasta con la escasez de textos dirigidos al lector no especializado, de ahí que la Universidad del Rosario considerara oportuno editar este libro, profusamente ilustrado, que pone al alcance del lego el complejo mundo de estos insectos. La obra permite entender qué es una mariposa y cómo se desarrolla; por qué en Colombia son tan abundantes y variadas; por qué la ciencia se interesa en ellas y cómo las afectan las amenazas contra la biodiversidad. Al documentar la belleza, variedad e importancia de las mariposas se espera ayudar a crear una mayor conciencia de la urgencia de conservar los bosques, las cañadas y los matorrales que habitan. La Universidad quiere, además, presentar el terreno recién adquirido para su Estación Experimental de Campo José Celestino Mutis, donde, entre otras actividades, continuarán las investigaciones sobre las mariposas a cargo de la Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemáticas.
Latin American Documentary Film in the New Millennium
Nearly two decades into the new millennium, Latin American documentary film is experiencing renewed vibrancy and visibility on the global stage. While elements of the combative, politicized cinema of the 1960s and 1970s remain, the region’s production has become increasingly subjective, reflexive, and experimental, though perhaps no less political. At the same time, Latin American filmmakers both respond to and shape global tendencies in the genre. This book highlights the richness and heterogeneity of Latin American documentary film, surveys a broad range of national contexts, styles, and practices, and expands current debates on the genre. Thematic sections address the “subjective turn” of the 1990s and 2000s and the move beyond it; the ethics of the encounter between the filmmaker and the subject/object of his or her gaze; and the performance of truth and memory, a particularly urgent topic as Latin American countries have transitioned from dictatorship to democracy.
Agroecology
Introduction : why agroecology? -- The scientific principles of agroecology -- The scientific evidence for agroecology : can it feed the world? -- Scaling up agroecology : social process and organization -- The politics of agroecology -- Conclusions : conform or transform?
Universidad Libre
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Colombia's Narcotics Nightmare
This history of Colombia's illegal drug trade--and of the extreme violence it created--describes how in the late 1960s narcotics traffickers from the United States convinced Colombians who had no previous involvement in the drug trade to grow marijuana for export to America. By the early '70s, foreign (mostly American) traffickers began requesting cocaine. This book focuses on the decades of crime and violence the illegal drug trade brought to Colombia and how this social upset was ended in the early 2000s. Six chapters detail the Medellin and Cali cartels' war against the Colombian government, the revolutionary guerrillas' war against the government, the war that paramilitary groups conducted against the guerrillas, and the way in which the government finally put a stop to the cartel-financed bloodshed. In conclusion, the author assesses Colombia's progress and prospects since the end of the violence claimed the lives of some 300,000 between 1975 and 2008.
Diario Oficial
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Ecoacoustics
The sounds produced by geophonic, biophonic and technophonic sources are relevant to the function of natural and human modified ecosystems. Passive recording is one of the most non-invasive technologies as its use avoids human intrusion during acoustic surveys and facilitates the accumulation of huge amounts of acoustical data. For the first time, this book collates and reviews the science behind ecoaucostics; illustrating the principles, methods and applications of this exciting new field. Topics covered in this comprehensive volume include; the assessment of biodiversity based on sounds emanating from a variety of environments the best technologies and methods necessary to investigate environmental sounds implications for climate change and urban systems the relationship between landscape ecology and ecoacoustics the conservation of soundscapes and the social value of ecoacoustics areas of potential future research. An invaluable resource for scholars, researchers and students, Ecoacoustics: The Ecological Role of Sounds provides an unrivalled set of ideas, tools and references based on the current state of the field.
