scholarly journals Articulation of environmental management in projects of non-conventional energy sources in the Caribbean Colombian region

2018 ◽  
Vol 1126 ◽  
pp. 012024
Author(s):  
Y D Cardenas ◽  
G E Valencia ◽  
C H Acevedo
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
The Caribbean

The mesoscale variability in the Caribbean Sea. Part II: Energy sources

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 226-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julien Jouanno ◽  
Julio Sheinbaum ◽  
Bernard Barnier ◽  
Jean-Marc Molines
Keyword(s):  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Mesoscale Variability ◽  
The Caribbean

scholarly journals The landmark Escazú Agreement: An opportunity to integrate democracy, human rights, and transboundary conservation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofía López-Cubillos ◽  
Lina Muñoz-Ávila ◽  
Leslie A. Roberson ◽  
Andrés F. Suárez-Castro ◽  
Jose Manuel Ochoa-Quintero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Multidisciplinary Teams ◽  
Online Data ◽  
Legal Advice ◽  
Environmental Decision Making ◽  
Transboundary Conservation ◽  
Environmental Agreement ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
National Boundaries

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is one of the world’s most biodiverse regions, but this diversity is threatened by the overexploitation of natural resources and internal social conflicts. In 2018, 33 LAC countries were invited to sign and ratify the landmark Escazú Agreement, which is the first legally binding environmental agreement to explicitly integrate human rights. The agreement outlines an approach to enhance the protection of environmental defenders, increase public participation in environmental decision-making, and foster cooperation among countries for biodiversity conservation. However, clear mechanisms to implement the ideals of the Agreement are currently lacking. We identify the key provisions of the Agreement and link these to tangible mechanisms which aim to integrate human rights and nature conservation. These mechanisms include technological (e.g. free online data), human-based (e.g. legal advice from multidisciplinary teams), and nature-based solutions (e.g. transboundary species management). As environmental assets – and threats to them – span national boundaries, the collaborative and participatory provisions of the agreement could catalyse coordinated transboundary environmental management. We call for the remaining 12 countries to ratify the Escazú Agreement to ensure the ideals of collaborative, just, and transparent environmental management are established across the entire LAC region.

scholarly journals Quranic Verses and Sources of Ocean Energy

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2-1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mifedwil Jandra ◽  
Shofyullah MZ
Keyword(s):  
Energy Source ◽  
Environmental Management ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Natural Phenomenon ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Ocean Energy ◽  
The Future ◽  
Human Problem

This study related to Quranic verses about ocean and energy sources. The Quranic verses about ocean examined in two ways: classically and contemporarily. This study uses modern scientific commentary (tafseer) through the parallelistic approach. The aims of this study is to obtain information about the relevance between Quranic verses, natural phenomenon, energy sources, and the advantages. The commentary about ocean in the Quran offers some alternatives to several issuess. There is a lot of inventions in energy sources that found based on Quranic verses. Analysis on the verses about ocean shows that there is a match between the written verses (Qawliyah) in al-Quran and the natural phenomenon (Kawniyah verses). This is the greatest challenge to the modern civilization. Solutions in food safety and energy; health and medicine; transportation and good mobilization; environmental management, and the emerging of new dicipline in Islamic Marine Knowledge obtained after knowing the oceanic energy source. The hint found in oceanic verses helps to find solutions in technology for the human problem nowaday, at the future, and at the end human will use Ilahi guidance in their life.

scholarly journals Use of Environmental Management Systems and Renewable Energy Sources in Selected Food Processing Enterprises in Poland

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 3212
Author(s):  
Stanisław Bielski ◽  
Anna Zielińska-Chmielewska ◽  
Renata Marks-Bielska
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Food Processing ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Water Withdrawal ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Environmental Management Systems

The issue of environmental management systems in food processing companies is gaining importance due to the need to reduce water withdrawal, wastewater, air emissions, and waste generation. New technological solutions and innovations can reduce the negative effects of the enterprises’ production facilities on the environment. In Poland, the phenomenon of increasing use of the amount of renewable energy sources is influenced by, e.g., adopted national and EU legislation, development of new technologies in the field of energy, and increasing awareness of producers and consumers in the field of ecology and environmental protection. It is also important that the state creates favorable conditions for the use of renewable energy in micro-installations. The application goal of the study is to develop a procedure for improvement of the environmental management systems for food processing companies and increase the awareness of potential use and implementation of renewable energy sources by food processing entities. In the theoretical part of the study, methods of comparative, deductive, and synthetic analysis are used. In the practical part of the study survey method, case studies, a simple flashback, and transfer of ideas are presented. The results of the research can be used by state institutions to put emphasis on the implementation of sustainable development of state policy on the food market.

scholarly journals Qualitative and Quantitative Beach Cleanliness Assessment to Support Marine Litter Management in Tropical Destinations

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 3455
Author(s):  
Camilo M. Botero ◽  
Diana Tamayo ◽  
Seweryn Zielinski ◽  
Giorgio Anfuso
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Marine Litter ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Tropical Areas ◽  
Beach Litter ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Sound Management

In addition to its ecological and recreational relevance, beach cleanliness is also one of the five most important aspects (i.e., the “Big Five”) for beach visitors around the world. Nonetheless, few efforts have been carried out to guide the sound management of this rising issue. This paper presents a quantitative and qualitative method to assess the level of beach cleanliness, in order to allow managers to focus their attention on the environmental management of the most frequent and relevant types of litter in tropical areas. In a first step, a survey on users’ perception was applied to 361 beachgoers in eight beaches in Colombia to identify the most relevant types of beach litter and the weighting factors to obtain quantitative calculations. In a second step, the thirteen categories of litter identified were analyzed in relation to beach cleanliness, origin of litter, and environmental impact, to define its individual weighting importance. Some categories were also selected according to particularities of tropical countries, such as the presence of abundant natural vegetation debris and gross polystyrene items, largely transported by rivers in great quantities. In a third step, the method was then tested at eight beaches in the Caribbean coast of Colombia through a period of four months, during which 192 transect samplings were carried out. The qualitative module of the proposed technique, named Beach Litter Assessment Technique—Qualitative and Quantitative (BLAT-QQ), identified the main types of beach litter and the quantitative module gave an overview on the state of beach cleanliness. The method is demonstrated to be quick and effective in diagnosing beach cleanliness, providing a simple instrument to carry out sound environmental management actions in coastal destinations.

Measuring the effect of trade liberalisation on the consumption of non-renewable energy sources in Latin America & the Caribbean Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-358
Author(s):  
Matheus Koengkan ◽  
José Alberto Fuinhas ◽  
Isabel Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Error Correction ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The Impact

This article investigates the impact of trade openness on the consumption of fossil fuels for a panel of fourteen LAC countries over the period from 1990 to 2014. To this end, a PARDL model in unrestricted error-correction form is estimated. The results of the model regression point indicate that the impact of economic growth and elasticity of trade openness are statistically significant at the 1% level and contribute to increased consumption of fossil fuels in the LAC countries. However, the impact and elasticity of consumption of renewable energy are statistically significant at 1% and 5% levels and thus contribute to decreasing consumption of fossil fuels.

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