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This research paper examines the factors that should be considered when deciding whether to promote forest plantations in northwestern Patagonia and discusses how the Science and Technology system (SCyT) can support decision-making within a Territorial Planning framework.

This chapter discusses the role, flow, and challenges of information within Rural Land Use Planning (OTR) processes, focusing on decision-making, diagnostic stages, and systemic uncertainties.

This research paper uses geographic information techniques and satellite data to analyze the spatial and temporal evolution of two water bodies in the Pampean region, Paso de las Piedras and La Picasa, between 1981 and 2012, highlighting the impact of precipitation variability on water surface area.

This research paper examines water management challenges in arid and semiarid regions of the Americas, arguing that traditional integrated river basin management must be supplemented with approaches focusing on social, ecological, and hydroclimatic interactions to enhance resilience.

This research paper examines the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS), an initiative established by the World Meteorological Organization in 2009 to improve interaction between climate knowledge producers and users. The study utilizes Social Network Analysis (SNA) to characterize the framework and evaluate the collaborative capacity and institutional trajectories of the participating organizations providing climate services.

A research paper based on a survey of global and regional experts regarding the governance of the Guarani Aquifer System in South America, focusing on regulation, resource ownership, and the state of groundwater quality and quantity.

This research paper examines intraseasonal climate teleconnections between South America and South Africa, identifying a relationship where rainfall anomalies in South America precede those in South Africa by 4-5 days during both summer and winter.

A research paper by the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research detailing a survey of state agency officials regarding groundwater governance in the United States, highlighting fragmented legal frameworks and shared priorities.

This research paper discusses the need for comprehensive drought monitoring to mitigate environmental, societal, and economic impacts, arguing that current operational drought patterns rely too heavily on hydro-meteorological or satellite data while ignoring regional factors such as perceptions, management, and demand.

This research paper examines the drivers of ecosystem process recovery in wet tropical forests of Mexico following shifting cultivation, concluding that aboveground biomass is the primary driver of changes in biomass productivity, litter productivity, and litter decomposition.

This research paper analyzes how different types of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)—specifically East Pacific and Central Pacific—affect precipitation anomalies and extreme precipitation events in South America during the austral spring and summer.

A climate study conducted from 1979 to 2008 analyzed the water balance in the Amazon and La Plata basin (LPB), focusing on the role of low-level jets (LLJs) as modulators of precipitation and moisture transport.

This introductory chapter to a volume on natural resource conflicts in the Global South argues against the use of general causal theories due to the diversity of conflict and cooperation dynamics. Instead, the authors advocate for the application of 'middle-range theory' to analyze conflicts, which often involve rural populations struggling to maintain access to essential resources.

This research paper examines the effectiveness of different protected area (PA) types in the Brazilian Amazon, finding that public strategies do not produce a consistent ranking of PA types by impact and that strategies vary significantly across regions and time periods in response to political and deforestation pressures.

A comparative study of rural households in northern Ecuadorian Amazonia between 1990 and 1999 shows a shift from farm-based agricultural income to off-farm income and timber, alongside an overall decrease in average household income.

This research paper discusses theoretical and methodological considerations for the anthropological analysis of indigenous local knowledge systems and their transmission regarding material culture production, specifically using Social Network Analysis in a comparative study of two communities in Argentina.

This research paper evaluates the implementation and performance of an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries combined with co-management (EAF/Co-M) in the yellow clam small-scale fishery in Uruguay between 2007 and 2015.

This research paper analyzes copepod growth and production in the coastal upwelling and transition zones off central-southern Chile from 2004 to 2006, finding that increased wind-driven upwelling may lead to a decline in zooplankton biomass.

This research paper examines the overexploitation of aquifers in Mexico, specifically focusing on the municipality of Hermosillo, Sonora, where agricultural water consumption exceeds aquifer recharge and is driven by subsidies.

This research paper examines the trade-offs between avian habitat conservation and agricultural productivity in the Argentine Dry Chaco, analyzing how different land-use intensities and landholder preferences influence ecosystem services.