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Green infrastructure is a concept that refers to works that are developed with an ecological perspective and strategies focused on enhancing the environment to improve the quality of life of living beings, enhance the importance of nature and, ultimately, take care of to the planet. It is a notion, […]

Oxygen cycle is the name given to a complex biogeochemical process through which it is guaranteed that oxygen moves in order to circulate in and out of the Earth's surface. As noted when analyzing how oxygen (a chemical element also present in the water cycle) is transformed […]

Biological corridors are, according to the theoretical definition framed in environmental law, territories of variable characteristics and dimensions that connect natural spaces relevant to wild fauna and flora. Thanks to them, members of different species can carry out genetic exchanges or migration, for example. This geographical space, also […]

Natural heritage is a concept framed in Environmental Law that refers to the set of resources and assets of nature of immense importance for being a source of great geological and biological diversity. The natural heritage that is distinguished throughout the planet is also relevant in cultural, environmental, […]

Environmental monitoring is a practice that is implemented in a specific place for a certain time in order to evaluate and monitor the state and conditions that the environment presents at that moment. Just as today there are methods that facilitate this task and technological advances that greatly benefit it, […]

Water quality is an expression that aims to describe what characteristics a certain sample or a certain body of water examined possesses. In this analysis process, the safety levels are evaluated when coming into contact, using it for human activities or consuming that liquid, since there are a lot of issues that can […]

Marine biodiversity is a concept typical of the fields of biology and ecology that refers to the enormous variety of biotic factors that inhabit marine environments and that favor the sustainable and healthy development of the planet. When comparing the biological diversity of the oceans with that of the terrestrial environment, […]

Species extinction is a problem characterized by the disappearance of the entire population of a specific species or a set of taxa. There are many causes of this situation that threatens the balance of nature, including climate change, poaching, the introduction of invasive species and the destruction […]

Overfishing is a concept that indicates the existence of excess fishing activity, a reality that unbalances nature and negatively affects marine ecosystems. As a result of the intense and continued extraction of different marine species in the oceans, there has been a slowdown for some time (and until […]

Poaching is the illegal capture or hunting of wild animals. It usually takes place in protected areas where hunting is prohibited, outside the permitted season, or without the hunting permits required by law. It may include prohibited hunting methods, such as illegal traps, poison, or the use of weapons […]