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“Narco-Deforestation” in Central American Protected Areas: Developing A Spatiotemporal Proxy Database for Drug-Trafficking Activities from Media Reporting

Creator:: Cameron, Olivia Z.
Abstract:: On a global scale, illicit economies have dramatic impacts on the physical environment. Cocaine trafficking has been recognized as a major driver of deforestation inside Central American protected areas. A key problem in studying and managing the environmental impacts of illicit economic activity is the difficulty in obtaining reliable data....
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: to illicit economies. Key Words: narcotrafficking, Central America, drug trade, drug

Modern and past climate variability in the eastern Pacific warm pool

Creator:: Benway, Heather M.
Abstract:: Westward transport of water vapor across the Panama Isthmus helps to maintain the salinity contrast between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, important in thermohaline circulation and global climate. Relatively low sea-surface salinities and a strong, shallow pycnocline in the eastern Pacific warm pool (EPWP) region near Central America reflect high...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: eastern Pacific warm pool (EPWP) region near Central America reflect high net precipitation. This

Exploratory tests on machining and related properties of fifteen tropical American hardwoods

Creator:: Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.) and Davis, E. M. (Edward Manning), 1891-
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: and related properties. The fifteen woods, which are listed below, all came from Central America or

Remote sensing for monitoring regional carbon dynamics associated with land cover and land use change along the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor

Creator:: Hayes, Daniel J., 1974-
Abstract:: Human activities are causing profound changes to the global environment, yet the potential consequences of these changes on rising atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate change are not well understood. Improving our understanding of these processes requires an enhanced awareness of how global ecosystems are changing and how these changes affect...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Design and Objectives The rates of deforestation in Central America during the 1980’s were among

Status and Management of Sea Turtle Populations in Central America with Special Emphasis on Turtles in Honduras

Creator:: Burgos, Enoc
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to update Honduran sea turtle information and to recommend alternatives for managing this resource.
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Status and Management of Sea Turtle Populations in Central America

Devil Dog Diplomacy and the abandonment of military tradition : United States Foreign Policy in Central America and the Caribbean, 1915-1934

Creator:: Geissler, Eric L.
Abstract:: During the U.S. military interventions in Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti between 1915 and 1934, Washington equipped members of the its armed forces with civil and political powers that represented a radical departure from the North American military tradition. This abandonment of tradition decisively contributed to both the disappointments...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : United States Foreign Policy in Central America and the Caribbean, 1915-1934 AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS

Site factors : effects of fire : ancient Mayas burned their forests

Creator:: Riley, Robert M.
Abstract:: No date appears on original. The issue date is "our best guess" using content found in this thesis.
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: in Central America, is slowly emerging from the tropical jungles which have buried it for more than

Relation of costume to cultural change of a selected group of Indians of Middle America

Creator:: Hunter, Margaret
Abstract:: The purposes of this study are to observe how change in the culture of the Mayas is reflected in the change or development of the costume and to appreciate the greatness of this culture. The knowledge of the costume of these Mayas as a piece of information is not as...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: geographical locations chosen comprise only parts of Central America and Flexico (Plate 1). Specific

Mayan Bilinguality and Cultural Change in Ancient and Contemporary Mesoamerica

Creator:: Smith, William Hoyt
Abstract:: The importance of language and bilinguality in the development, perpetuation, and "degeneration" or change of culture is a central theme throughout this treatise. Original pictorial representations of Mayan hieroglyphic sculpture are included as examples, and represent artistic styles and language variations of written Cholan and Yucatec. Modern Cholan and Yucatecan...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: North, Central, and South America (Wolf, 1959: 34). In Mexico alone there are approximately two hundred

Current Drug Policies in the United States : Using Research to Inform Policy

Creator:: Beathard, Candice
Abstract:: Drug policies in the United States are rapidly changing at the state and national level paralleling a shift in drug culture from a societal perspective. This dissertation addresses current public health policy topics with a focus on three recent drug policies. As of 2015, medical cannabis is legal in 23...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: !of! cannabis!and!traffic!collisions.!!! ! 1.2!Significance!of!the!Dissertation!! Globally,!drug

ScholarsArchive@OSU

“Narco-Deforestation” in Central American Protected Areas: Developing A Spatiotemporal Proxy Database for Drug-Trafficking Activities from Media Reporting

Modern and past climate variability in the eastern Pacific warm pool

Exploratory tests on machining and related properties of fifteen tropical American hardwoods

Remote sensing for monitoring regional carbon dynamics associated with land cover and land use change along the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor

Status and Management of Sea Turtle Populations in Central America with Special Emphasis on Turtles in Honduras

Devil Dog Diplomacy and the abandonment of military tradition : United States Foreign Policy in Central America and the Caribbean, 1915-1934

Site factors : effects of fire : ancient Mayas burned their forests

Relation of costume to cultural change of a selected group of Indians of Middle America

Mayan Bilinguality and Cultural Change in Ancient and Contemporary Mesoamerica

Current Drug Policies in the United States : Using Research to Inform Policy

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