The aim of this paper is to explore possible links between forest cover change and characteristics of social-ecological systems at sub-national scale based mainly on census data. We assessed relationships between population density, poverty, ethnicity, accessibility and forest cover change...

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation plus (REDD+) encourages economic support for reducing deforestation and conserving or increasing existing forest carbon stocks. The way in which incentives are structured affects trade-offs between local livelihoods, carbon emission...

We study the multifractal (MF) properties of the set of growth probabilities {pi} for 3D off-lattice diffusion-limited aggregation (DLA). We find that: (i) the {pi} display MF scaling for all moments-in contrast to 2D DLA, where one observes a “phase transition” in the MF spectrum for...

Within the framework of the global prohibitionist policy, the Bolivian State has stood out for challenging orthodoxy and calling for innovative policies in defense of the coca leaf and the rights of the coca-growing population. In particular, the Cato Agreement that was opened between the...

We are undergoing a period of epochal change. The COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world, ignoring geographic and political borders, and wove together the individual and collective experience of our condition of humanity that inhabits a single common house: our planet. At the same time, it...