Por: Lic. Carlos A. Norverto, Biólogo. Descargar CV Descargar Paper Original Introduction Diverse scientific studies suggest that there is some potential in native forests and plantation forests for mitigating atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions in an equivalent amount of 11 to 15 % of the fossil fuels emissions during the same time (G. M. Woodwell, 1978).…
UNDERSTANDING THE ALLOSTERIC TRIGGER FOR THE FRUCTOSE-1,6-BISPHOSPHATE REGULATION OF THE ADP-GLUCOSE PYROPHOSPHORYLASE FROM ESCHERICHIA COLI by Carlos Maria Figueroa Abstract ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase is the enzyme responsible for the regulation of glycogen synthesis in bacteria. The enzyme N-terminal domain has a Rossmann-like fold with three neighbor loops facing the substrate ATP. In the Escherichia coli…
INCENTIVOS GUBERNAMENTALES A PRODUCTORES RURALES QUE CONSERVAN LA NATURALEZA Conservación de pastizales pampeanos en el Mercosur por Aníbal Parera (IVLP, Argentina). Biólogo, se desempeñó como coordinador general de la Alianza del Pastizal y coordina el Proyecto de Incentivos Oficiales a la Conservación de los Pastizales Naturales del Cono Sur. Una novedosa iniciativa de los gobiernos…
EL PODER DEL 1% CONCEPTO EDUCATIVO DE SENSIBILIZACION AMBIENTAL PARA LA POBLACION EN GENERAL por Laura Lang Patiño (IVLP, Costa Rica), ingeniera agrónoma y MBA, especialista en Medio Ambiente, Directora del “Programa de Aliados Cambio Climatico (ACC)” Antecedentes Si bien la causa de nuestros problemas ambientales son múltiples, resalta a la vista tres temas claves…
RECONCILING COMMUNITY AND MARKET RELATIONSHIPS: A KEY TO SOLVING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES By Johnny McPherson (IVLP, Canada). B.Sc. in Environmental Management, Diploma in Environmental Technology. Introduction It was recognized long ago, by Aristotle for example, that “what is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it. Everyone thinks chiefly of his…
CLIMATE CHANGE: THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION ARE STILL INVISIBLE © by Ricardo Vanella (IVLP, Argentina). Strategic Positioning and International Marketing specialist Linkages between water quality and water quantity are important new developments in research and management of water resources and all the problems involved. Water scarcity by pollution of surface and…
EL ORO AZUL (The Blue Gold) © by Ricardo Vanella (IVLP, Argentina). Strategic Positioning and International Marketing specialist. La Organización de las Naciones Unidas estima que la cuarta parte de la población mundial carece de agua potable salubre, y que esta proporción se duplicará dentro de veinte años. Del total de los recursos hídricos del…
AS PESSOAS ESTÃO BEM MAIS CONSCIENTES DA NECESSIDADE DE PRESERVAR O BIOMA PAMPA Carnes nobres e produzidas com rigorosos critérios já conquistam selos de qualidade de associações pelo Brasil afora. Por Anibal Parera (IVLP, Argentina). Coordenador-geral da ONG Alianza del Pastizal . Carnes nobres e produzidas com rigorosos critérios já conquistam selos de qualidade de associações…
IANA – IVLP ALUMNI NETWORK OF THE AMERICAS COMMITTEE 4 – ENVIRONMENT Members: Monica Gabay (Coordinator) Anibal Parera Avryl Mohammed Bernardo Piazzardi Eugenia Caraccia Johnny McPherson Laura Lang Patiño OUR INPUTS FOR RIO + 20 This document aims at making a contribution to the Compilation Document for Rio + 20…
BOSQUES NATIVOS, HABILITACION DE TIERRAS Y PAGO POR SERVICIOS AMBIENTALES EN EL NORTE ARGENTINO: LA PROVINCIA DE SALTA COMO CASO DE ESTUDIO. Por Francisco R. Barbarán (Fulbrighter Argentina, Researcher at the Argentina´s National Scientific & Technical Research Council – CONICET) Commodities Agropecuarios: Importancia para la Economía Argentina En 2002 la repentina devaluación de la moneda…