Birds of the Land of the Swallows: Cozumel Island

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian MacGregor Fors ◽  
MIguel A. Gómez Martínez ◽  
Michelle García Arroyo ◽  
Luis-Bernardo Vázquez ◽  
Ella Vázquez Domínguez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
National Park ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Urban Center ◽  
Cozumel Island ◽  
International Attention ◽  
Mesoamerican Barrier Reef ◽  
Ecological Importance ◽  
The Right

For being a relatively small island, of approximately 480 km2, Cozumel receives particular national and international attention for the coral reefs to which it is related, which are part of the Great Mesoamerican Barrier Reef. Due to its ecological importance, in 1996 the Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park was decreed in order to protect these unique and invaluable natural resources. However, tourism takes advantage of its spectacular underwater attractions, being considered one of the most important sites for diving worldwide. The island's urban center, San Miguel de Cozumel, is currently home to more than 70,000 inhabitants and has grown significantly in recent years. Particularly in the case of birds, a great diversity of species can be found on the island, many of which are migratory, that is, they spend only one season of the year (generally winter) on the island. Over the years, more than 230 species have been recorded, which have been compiled at: www.avesdecozumel.org. However, there is a group of species that are very abundant, and sometimes very striking, that can be seen relatively easily on the island if you are in the right season and place, since some species are migratory and others only inhabit certain ecosystems. . Thus, this document provides information on 31 common and remarkable species of Cozumel Island.

A new species of the hermit crab genus Areopaguristes Rahayu & McLaughlin, 2010 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) discovered in the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef of Belize, Caribbean Sea

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3480 (1) ◽  
pp. 67 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAFAEL LEMAITRE ◽  
DARRYL L. FELDER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Hermit Crab ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Dense Population ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Western Caribbean ◽  
Mesoamerican Barrier Reef ◽  
Reef Zone ◽  
A New Species

A new species of hermit crab, Areopaguristes tudgei, family Diogenidae, is fully described and illustrated, including acolor photograph. A dense population of this new species was discovered living intertidally in a concealed habitat undercoral boulders covered with calcareous algae, on the crest to fore-reef zone in Carrie Bow Cay, a small island located onthe western Caribbean Mesoamerican Barrier Reef of Belize. This new species, the 24rd of Areopaguristes Rahayu &McLaughlin, 2010, and fourth known in this genus from the western Atlantic, is superficially similar to those of thePaguristes tortugae complex. As in species of that complex, A. tudgei n. sp. has dense plumose setation on the chelipeds,and at least in females, a fringe of plumose setae on the dorsolateral margins of the chelae, and on the dorsal margins ofthe walking legs. The presence in A. tudgei n. sp. of this setal arrangement, previously considered the only definingcharacter of the P. tortugae complex, can be attributed to convergence. The new species is contrasted with all other westernAtlantic congeners, and a key is presented to aid in their identification. A list of all western Atlantic species of Paguristes sensu lato and their current generic assignments is included.

Peran Pengawasan Internal Dalam Menghindari Kutukan Sumber Daya Alam

Liquidity ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Andilo Tohom
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Internal Audit ◽  
Rent Seeking ◽  
Rich Country ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Indonesian Government ◽  
The World ◽  
Policies And Programs ◽  
The Right

Indonesia is one of many countries in the world so called resource-rich country. Natural resources abundance needs to be managed in the right way in order to avoid dutch diseases and resources curses. These two phenomena generally happened in the country, which has abundant natural resources. Learned from Norwegian experiences, Indonesian Government need to focus its policy to prevent rent seeking activities. The literature study presented in this paper is aimed to provide important insight for government entities in focusing their policies and programs to avoid resources curse. From the internal audit perspective, this study is expected to improve internal audit’s role in assurance and consulting.

Sovereignty, Self-Determination, and Natural Resources

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jérémie Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
International Law ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Food Sovereignty ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Ambivalent Relationship ◽  
The Right

The issue of sovereignty over natural resources has been a key element in the development of international law, notably leading to the emergence of the principle of States’ permanent sovereignty over their natural resources. However, concomitant to this focus on States’ sovereignty, international human rights law proclaims the right of peoples to self-determination over their natural resources. This has led to a complex and ambivalent relationship between the principle of States’ sovereignty over natural resources and peoples’ rights to natural resources. This chapter analyses this conflicting relationship and examines the emergence of the right of peoples to freely dispose of their natural resources and evaluates its potential role in contemporary advocacy. It notably explores how indigenous peoples have called for the revival of their right to sovereignty over natural resources, and how the global peasants’ movement has pushed for the recognition of the concept of food sovereignty.

scholarly journals Threats to the Serengeti Herds

Oryx ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 437-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Makacha ◽  
Michael J. Msingwa ◽  
George W. Frame
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Serengeti National Park ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Fast Growing ◽  
Game Reserve ◽  
The Right ◽  
Growing Population

The Serengeti National Park in Tanzania is famous for its huge herds of migrating wildebeest, zebras and other ungulates. But these herds spend much of the year in neighbouring reserves where their survival depends on preserving the right conditions. The authors made a study of two of these reserves with disturbing results. The Maswa Game Reserve they found was seriously threatened by invading (illegal) settlement with a fast-growing population cultivating land and felling trees; in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area they report that the Maasai have taken to poaching, both for subsistence meat and for trophies to sell – skins, ivory and rhino horn. In both places the guards are so poorly equipped they can do little to stop poaching.

Pengembangan Potensi Ekowisata Suku Sambori Bima Nusa Tenggara Barat Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zulharman Zulharman ◽  
Mochamad Noeryoko ◽  
Ibnu Khaldun
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Tourist Attraction ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Future Strategy ◽  
The Right

The objectives of this study were: a. Identifythe potential for ecotourism based on family medicinal plants (toga) that can be developed in Sambori Tribe b. Identify the right strategy for developingecotourism based on family medicinal plants (toga) in Sambori Tribe based on community and stakeholder perceptions. Research Methods:The research method used descriptive methods with survey and observation techniques. Data collection used purposive sampling, the data consisted of aspects of tourism products and markets, economic and business benefits from ecotourism activities and the socio-economic conditions of the community. Product aspects include the main potential of flora, namely toga plants, fauna, natural attractions and landscapes, amenities, accessibility and the socio-cultural life of the community. The market aspect consists of potential tourists in Sambori Tribe. Key informants (Stakeholders). In this study, thestrategy is not only subjective to the researcher, the researcher also involves the opinions of related experts to become respondents. Results and Discussion:  The results of the research that Sambori Tribe had a variety of toga plants with  the potential as a tourist attraction.Sambori Tribe has a diversity of flora and fauna potentials as well as a very suitable landscape potential as a tourist attraction. Conclusion: Sambor Tribe has the potential of flora and faund and the landscape.  The future strategy for developing ecotourism of Toga in Sambori Tribe includes optimizing the potential of toga plants in terms of cultivation, land management and processing potential of toga plants, developing high potential of biological natural resources, both flora and fauna, and natural panoramas

scholarly journals A successful case of biological invasion: the fish Cichla piquiti, an Amazonian species introduced into the Pantanal, Brazil

2008 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 799-805 ◽  
Author(s):  
EK. Resende ◽  
DKS. Marques ◽  
LKSG. Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Reproductive Period ◽  
Distribution Area ◽  
Left Bank ◽  
Amazonian Fish ◽  
Paraguay River ◽  
Turbid Waters ◽  
Successful Case ◽  
The Right ◽  
Flooded Areas

The "tucunaré", Cichla piquiti, an exotic Amazonian fish has become established along the left bank of the Paraguay River in the Pantanal. It was introduced by escaping from culture ponds in the Upper Piquiri River and spread downstream, along the lateral flooded areas of that river, continuing through the clear waters of the left bank of the Paraguay River and reaching south as far as the Paraguai Mirim and Negrinho rivers. Adult spawners have been found in the region, meaning that it is a self-sustained population. Reproduction occurs in the period of low waters. They were found feeding on fishes of lentic environments belonging to the families Characidae, Cichlidae and Loricariidae. Until the end of 2004, its distribution was restricted to the left bank of the Paraguay River, but in March 2005, some specimens were found on the right bank, raising a question for the future: what will be the distribution area of the tucunaré in the Pantanal? Information about its dispersion is increasing: it is known to be in the Tuiuiú Lake, Pantanal National Park and in the Bolivian Pantanal, all of them on the right bank of the Paraguay River. The hypothesis that the "tucunaré" could not cross turbid waters, such as in the Paraguay River, was refuted by these recent findings. Possibly, the tucunaré's capacity to lay more than one batch of eggs in a reproductive period, as well as its care of eggs and young, lead them to establish themselves successfully in new environments, as has been observed in the Pantanal and other localities.

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