Latin America in Times of Global Environmental Change

Description

This volume discusses the challenges of Latin America in global environmental geopolitics. Written by leading experts, this book brings together Latin American research on global environmental change. They cover a range of topics such as climate change, water, forest and biodiversity conservation connected with science policies, public opinion, priorities of international funds, and international politics of Latin American countries. The book describes the discrepancy between the international priorities and the regional needs or country interests. It includes several case studies and analyses the cooperation in multilateral negotiations on climate change. It also offers a synthesis of debates around global environmental changes and Latin American politics, which the authors have previously promoted in different academic events in South America, including in Santiago de Chile in Chile, and Buenos Aires and Ushuaia in Argentina. This book assesses the environmental problems from different perspectives, highlights the scientific development in the environmental changes affecting Latin America and offers a new view on geopolitics to help face those issues. Specialist readers in international relations, political sciences, environmental sciences, geography and geopolitics will appreciate this up-to-date examination of Latin America and the global environmental change. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv The Global Environment Facility and Latin American Countries (Cristian Lorenzo, Joel H. González)....Pages 1-14 Challenges of Latin America in the Global Environmental Geopolitics of the Twenty-First Century (Fernando Estenssoro)....Pages 15-29 Dilemmas of South American Natural Resources. The Case of South American Transboundary Basins and Integration (Ana Mirka Seitz)....Pages 31-41 Scientific Knowledge Regarding Natural Resources in Latin America: Conditioning Factors and Strategic Challenges for the Region (Rosina Soler, Joel H. González)....Pages 43-56 Identity-Based Cooperation in the Multilateral Negotiations on Climate Change: The Group of 77 and China (María del Pilar Bueno)....Pages 57-73 Environmental Concern in the Global South: Tackling the Post-materialist Thesis and the Impact of Ideology (Patricio Yamin Vázquez)....Pages 75-91 Climate Change and Tourism in Latin America (Diego Navarro-Drazich)....Pages 93-105 Economy and Nature: Perspectives from South America (Silvina Alejandra Romano, Julián Kelly, Juan Lavornia)....Pages 107-133 Synergies and Trade-Offs of National Conservation Policy and Agro-Forestry Management Over Forest Loss in Argentina During the Last Decade (Guillermo J. Martínez Pastur, Tomás Schlichter, Silvia D. Matteucci, Juan H. Gowda, Alejandro Huertas Herrera, Mónica DR. Toro Manríquez et al.)....Pages 135-155 Climate Change: Paradoxes in the Implementation of Agreements and Protocols in Latin America and Brazil (Daniel Cenci)....Pages 157-170 The Conservation of Biodiversity: Argentina and Chile at the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (Cristian Lorenzo, Gabriela Roldán)....Pages 171-181