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dc.contributor.authorLópez‐Cubillos, Sofía
dc.contributor.authorMuñoz‐Ávila, Lina
dc.contributor.authorRoberson, Leslie A
dc.contributor.authorSuárez‐Castro, Andrés F
dc.contributor.authorOchoa‐Quintero, Jose Manuel
dc.contributor.authorCrouzeilles, Renato
dc.contributor.authorGallo‐Cajiao, Eduardo
dc.contributor.authorRhodes, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorDressler, Wolfram
dc.contributor.authorMartinez‐Harms, María José
dc.contributor.authorRunting, Rebecca K
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-11T03:46:16Z
dc.date.available2021-11-11T03:46:16Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn1755-263X
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/conl.12838
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/410051
dc.description.abstractLatin 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 with environmental matters. 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 catalyze coordinated transboundary environmental management. Because of the importance of this Agreement for the LAC region, we added a Spanish version of this manuscript in the Supplementary Material (versión del artículo en español en el material suplementario).
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrome12838
dc.relation.ispartofjournalConservation Letters
dc.subject.fieldofresearchConservation and biodiversity
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode410401
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4104
dc.titleThe landmark Escazú Agreement: An opportunity to integrate democracy, human rights, and transboundary conservation
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationLópez‐Cubillos, S; Muñoz‐Ávila, L; Roberson, LA; Suárez‐Castro, AF; Ochoa‐Quintero, JM; Crouzeilles, R; Gallo‐Cajiao, E; Rhodes, J; Dressler, W; Martinez‐Harms, MJ; Runting, RK, The landmark Escazú Agreement: An opportunity to integrate democracy, human rights, and transboundary conservation, Conservation Letters, pp. e12838
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.date.updated2021-11-11T03:28:20Z
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gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered as an advanced online version in Griffith Research Online.
gro.rights.copyright© 2021 The Authors. Conservation Letters published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided theoriginal work is properly cited.
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gro.griffith.authorSuarez Castro, Andres Felipe


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