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FLOODS Appeal No
11 February2000 VENEZUELA: FLOODS appeal no. 35/99 situation report no. 8 period covered: 18 January - 7 February 2000 The Federation, the Venezuelan Red Cross and Participating National Societies are increasing the scope of emergency relief assistance to flood victims. It includes food, clean water, health care and psychological support. The bad weather is continuing in some areas, causing further damage and adding to logistical difficulties. The disaster Weeks of torrential rains in Venezuela at the end of 1999 caused massive landslides and severe flooding in seven northern states. The official death toll is 30,000 but other sources put the figure as high as 50,000. Over 600,000 persons are estimated to have been directly affected and according to the Venezuelan Civil Defence’s initial damage assessments at least 64,700 houses have been damaged and over 23,200 destroyed. Update A state of alert is still in effect in the State of Vargas as rains continue in the mountains. Eight districts are still only accessible by air. The cave-in of one lane of the highway to El Junquito has cut off seven towns. The collapse of the highway between Morón and Coro has isolated the state of Falcón. Twenty four new landslides and floods were recorded during the past week. A growing lagoon has built up above Caracas because of debris blocking the rivers. The authorities have started to demolish condemned homes and shanty houses built in dangerous areas such as ravines and canyons because warmer weather is producing cracks in the mud banks and badly damaged homes are collapsing under their own weight. -
Educación Para El Manejo Y Uso De Plaguicidas En Los Municipios Rurales: Jáuregui Y Vargas, Táchira
GEOENSEÑANZA. Vol.7-2002 (1-2). p.38-53 EDUCACIÓN PARA EL MANEJO Y USO DE PLAGUICIDAS EN LOS MUNICIPIOS RURALES: JÁUREGUI Y VARGAS, TÁCHIRA René Farrera1; Jaime Barroso2; Iris Silva3; Carlos Armas4 y Gilberto Serrano5 INIA Táchira, Bramón, Táchira; Núcleo Extensión CIARA, La Grita, Táchira; Núcleo Extensión Vargas, El Cobre. Táchira; DAICO, Gobernación Táchira, Venezuela Resumen Este trabajo describe la Campaña Educativa Institucional seguida en los Municipios Vargas y Jáuregui entre los meses abril de 2001 y mayo de 2002. El objetivo de la campaña fue concienciar a los agricultores y escolares de las zonas altas del estado Táchira sobre el uso y manejo seguro de plaguicidas para reducir los riesgos de contaminación agrícola presentes. A lo largo del trabajo se detallan las actividades cumplidas para el éxito de la campaña. Estas actividades consistieron desde la preparación y conformación del equipo de trabajo, selección de aldeas y preparación de un instrumento de medición para la recolección de datos básicos. Posteriormente se aplicaron encuestas dirigidas a productores y se procedió a la divulgación de la actividad mediante la preparación de afiches, historietas, micro radial, pancartas, notas de prensa. Asimismo, se definieron las estrategias de acción a seguir durante la campaña. Estas estrategias consistieron en la presentación de la Campaña Educativa a la prensa, emisoras de radio y televisión del Táchira; colocación de afiches y promoción entre los actores involucrados, miembros de escuelas, alcaldías, organizaciones de productores, iglesias y ambulatorios. Como resultado se obtuvo una participación considerable de los distintos sectores de la comunidad. Palabras Claves: Concienciar, Contaminación Agrícola, Plaguicidas, Campaña Educativa. -
Venezuela Floods
VENEZUELA: FLOODS 16 November 2000 Information Bulletin N° 1 The Disaster Following several days of heavy rains, a state of emergency has been declared in nine states in Venezuela as a result of widespread flooding: Merida, Trujillo, Falcón, Zulia, Carabobo, Aragua, Miranda, Sucre and Vargas. According to the Venezuela civil defence authorities, three people have been killed and thousands made homeless. The Venezuelan authorities have already evacuated several thousands of people from their homes in Vargas and are arranging temporary shelter facilities for those affected. River levels are being closely monitored as the bad weather continues. Floods and landslides in the country last December left up to 30,000 dead, with tens of thousands more made homeless. Many communities are still living in high-risk areas affected by last year’s landslides, despite government efforts to relocate people to the interior of the country. The Venezuelan Red Cross (VRC), supported by the Federation and several Participating National Societies, is still assisting those affected in Vargas state, within the framework of appeal 35/99 launched following severe flooding. Red Cross/Red Crescent Action Volunteers from the Vargas branch of the Venezuelan Red Cross, headed by the branch’s seven-person relief team, have been responding to the emergency situation since Sunday. In the first instance, the branch assisted with evacuations in the affected areas and subsequently conducted an initial needs assessment in conjunction with the Venezuelan authorities. Provisions and basic supplies have been provided in eight shelters, mostly located in schools, theatres and military centres, where more than 750 families are staying. -
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic Of) 25 September 2017
Zika-Epidemiological Report Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 25 September 2017 Figure 1. Suspected Zika cases by epidemiological week (EW). Venezuela. EW 48 of 2015 to EW 31 of 2017. Source: Data provided by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Ministry of Health to PAHO/WHO1 FIRST AUTOCHTHONOUS VECTOR-BORNE CASES In epidemiological week (EW) 48 of 2015, the detection of the first autochthonous vector-borne Zika case was reported by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela International Health Regulations (IHR) National Focal Point (NFP). GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION Since the emergence of Zika virus, suspected cases have been detected in all of Venezuela’s 24 states In 2017, as of EW 31, the highest incidence rates were reported in Falcon (30 cases per 100,000), Sucre (28 cases per 100,000), and Amazonas (8 cases per 100,000) (Figure 2).1 In contrast, in 2016, the highest incidence rates were registered in Distrito Capital (1,481 cases per 100,000), Sucre (838 cases per 100,000 population), and Delta Amacuro (509 cases per 100,000). Figure 2 illustrates the incidence of Zika at the sub-national level by year. 1 Reported to PAHO/WHO by the Venezuela IHR NFP on 6 September 2017. Suggested citation: Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization. Venezuela - Zika Epidemiological Report. September 2017. Washington, D.C.: PAHO/WHO; 2017 Pan American Health Organization • www.paho.org • © PAHO/WHO, 2017 Page 1 / 5 Figure 2. Cumulative incidence of suspected Zika cases by state per 100,000 population. Venezuela. 2016-2017 (as of EW 31). Source: Data provided by the Venezuela Ministry of Health and reproduced by PAHO/WHO1 TREND From EW 1 of 2016 onwards, numbers of Zika cases began to progressively increase an,d between EW 4 and EW 11 of 2016, the highest weekly numbers of Zika virus cases were reported, with peaks of over 5,000 cases during EW 5 and EW 7. -
CRACKDOWN on DISSENT Brutality, Torture, and Political Persecution in Venezuela
CRACKDOWN ON DISSENT Brutality, Torture, and Political Persecution in Venezuela HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Crackdown on Dissent Brutality, Torture, and Political Persecution in Venezuela Copyright © 2017 Human Rights Watch All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America ISBN: 978-1-6231-35492 Cover design by Rafael Jimenez Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people worldwide. We scrupulously investigate abuses, expose the facts widely, and pressure those with power to respect rights and secure justice. Human Rights Watch is an independent, international organization that works as part of a vibrant movement to uphold human dignity and advance the cause of human rights for all. Human Rights Watch is an international organization with staff in more than 40 countries, and offices in Amsterdam, Beirut, Berlin, Brussels, Chicago, Geneva, Goma, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, Nairobi, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Tunis, Washington DC, and Zurich. For more information, please visit: http://www.hrw.org The Foro Penal (FP) or Penal Forum is a Venezuelan NGO that has worked defending human rights since 2002, offering free assistance to victims of state repression, including those arbitrarily detained, tortured, or murdered. The Penal Forum currently has a network of 200 volunteer lawyers and more than 4,000 volunteer activists, with regional representatives throughout Venezuela and also in other countries such as Argentina, Chile, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Uruguay, and the USA. Volunteers provide assistance and free legal counsel to victims, and organize campaigns for the release of political prisoners, to stop state repression, and increase the political and social cost for the Venezuelan government to use repression as a mechanism to stay in power. -
The Venezuela Debris Flow and Flash Flood Disaster
NATURAL HAZARDS ON ALLUVIAL FANS: THE VENEZUELA DEBRIS FLOW AND FLASH FLOOD DISASTER In December 1999, rainstorms induced thousands of landslides along the Cordillera de la Costa, Vargas, northern Venezuela. Rainfall on December 2-3 totaled 200 millimeters (8 inches) and was followed by a major storm (911 millimeters, or 36 inches) on December 14 through 16. Debris flows and flash floods on alluvial fans inundated coastal communities, caused severe property destruction, and resulted in a death toll estimated at 19,000 people. Because most of the coastal zone in Vargas consists of steep mountain fronts that rise Highly developed alluvial fan, Caraballeda, Venezuela, aerial view looking north. abruptly from the Caribbean Sea, the alluvial fans are the only areas where important area of natural hazard material. A debris flow typically has slopes are not too steep to build. research. This fact sheet describes the the consistency of wet concrete and Rebuilding and reoccupation of these alluvial fan environment and moves at speeds in excess of 16 areas requires careful determination associated hazards, with examples meters per second (35 miles per hour). of potential hazard zones to avoid from Venezuela. future loss of life and property. WHAT ARE ALLUVIAL FANS? WHAT ARE DEBRIS FLOWS? Alluvial fans are gently sloping, Debris flows are fast moving cone- to fan-shaped landforms created NATURAL HAZARDS ON ALLUVIAL landslides that occur in a wide range over thousands to millions of years by FANS of environments. A debris flow is a deposition of eroded sediment at the Large populations live on or near rapidly moving mass of water and base of mountain ranges. -
Venezuela Self-Rule INSTITUTIONAL DEPTH and POLICY SCOPE Venezuela's Intermediate Governance Consists of Twenty-Three Estados
Venezuela Self-rule INSTITUTIONAL DEPTH AND POLICY SCOPE Venezuela’s intermediate governance consists of twenty-three estados (states) and the Distrito Capital (Capital District, formerly the Distrito Federal), as well as twelve island groupings which make up the dependencias federales (federal dependencies) with 6500 inhabitants, and until 1998, the territorios federales (federal territories), which were dependencies. The three territorios federales were granted the status of estados: Delta Amacuro in 1991, Amazonas in 1992, and Vargas in 1998.1 Estados are divided into statistical regions, which have no administrative life. New constitutions were passed in 1947, 1953, 1961, and 1999 (and revised in 2009). Two distritos metropolitanos (metropolitan districts)-- the Distrito del Alto Apure and Distrito Metropolitano de Caracas--were created in 2001 and 2000, respectively, and abolished late 2017. Venezuela was established as a federation by its first constitution in 1811 (Hernández-Mendible 1998: 2), but is today the most centralized of the four federal states in Latin America (Escobar Lemmon 2003; Lijphart 1999: 190; Levine 1989: 273; Bland 1997: 38, 2002). Estados gained some authority when the 1947 constitution was revised with the onset of democracy in 1961. A significant increase in regional authority also took place in the late eighties and early nineties (Penfold-Becerra 1999). In contrast, the presidency of Hugo Chávez (1999–2013) was centralizing. Article 3 of the 1947 constitution divides the national territory in estados, the Distrito Federal, and the Territorios Federales and Dependencias Federales. Estados were recognized as autonomous entities (Title VI, Art. 120), vested with compe- tences over local police (Art. 93), own institutional set up (Art. -
Geomorphic Effects of Large Debris Flows and Flash Floods, Northern Venezuela, 1999
Z. Geomorph. N.F. Suppl.-Vol. 145 147-175 Berlin Stuttgart October 2006 Geomorphic effects of large debris flows and flash floods, northern Venezuela, 1999 MATTHEW C. LARSEN and GERALD F. WIECZOREK with 10 figures and 2 tables Summary. A rare, high-magnitude storm in northern Venezuela in December 1999 triggered debris flows and flash floods, and caused one of the worst natural disasters in the recorded history of the Americas. Some 15,000 people were killed. The debris flows and floods inundated coastal communities on alluvial fans at the mouths of a coastal mountain drainage network and destroyed property estimated at more than $2 billion. Landslides were abundant and widespread on steep slopes within areas underlain by schist and gneiss from near the coast to slightly over the crest of the mountain range. Some hillsides were entirely denuded by single or coalescing failures, which formed massive debris flows in river channels flowing out onto densely populated alluvial fans at the coast. The massive amount of sediment derived from 24 watersheds along 50 km of the coast during the storm and deposited on alluvial fans and beaches has been estimated at 15 to 20 million m3. Sediment yield for the 1999 storm from the approximately 200 km2 drainage area of watersheds upstream of the alluvial fans was as much as 100,000 m3/km2. Rapid economic development in this dynamic geomorphic environment close to the capital city of Caracas, in combination with a severe rain storm, resulted in the death of approximately 5% of the population (300,000 total prior to the storm) in the northern Venezuelan state of Vargas. -
Sector El Nula, Estado Apure-Venezuela Conflicts of Normative and Agroecological Uses in a Border Area: Apure State-Venezuela
Revista Geográfica Venezolana ISSN: 1012-1617 [email protected] Universidad de los Andes Venezuela Molina, Gladys Zuleima; Rivas L., José L. Conflictos de usos normativos y agroecológicos en un área fronteriza: sector El Nula, estado Apure- Venezuela Revista Geográfica Venezolana, vol. 48, núm. 1, enero-junio, 2007, pp. 101-114 Universidad de los Andes Mérida, Venezuela Disponible en: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=347730365006 Cómo citar el artículo Número completo Sistema de Información Científica Más información del artículo Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal Página de la revista en redalyc.org Proyecto académico sin fines de lucro, desarrollado bajo la iniciativa de acceso abierto Revista Geográfica Venezolana, Vol. 48(1) 2007, 101-114 Conflictos de usos normativos y agroecológicos en un área fronteriza: sector El Nula, estado Apure-Venezuela Conflicts of normative and agroecological uses in a border area: Apure State-Venezuela Molina Gladys Zuleima* y Rivas L. José L**. Recibido: abril, 2005 / Aceptado: septiembre, 2006 Resumen El presente estudio tiene como objetivo identificar la existencia de conflictos de uso en el sector El Nula, localizado al oeste del municipio Páez, estado Apure. Este sector tiene carac- terísticas particulares dadas por la presencia de tres Áreas Bajo Régimen de Administración Especial (ABRAE), que le definen usos desde el punto de vista legal y ambiental, y por proyec- tos del Estado venezolano (Ciudad Sucre, Eje Apure-Orinoco y la carretera binacional) que tienen como objetivo impulsar el desarrollo en todos los ámbitos (local, regional, nacional e internacional), pero bajo los principios del desarrollo endógeno sostenible. -
A91671 Fb6b0ee96d134247800
CONTRIBUTIONS IN NEW WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY Volume 8 Contributions in New World Archaeology (ISSN 2080-8216) is a semi-annual journal dealing with various aspects of North and South American archaeology, anthropology and ethnohistory. Its main aim is to publish results of archaeological excavations and surveys conducted in various parts of the New World as well as to present papers devoted to the studies of collections of archaeological artefacts discovered in both Americas. Moreover, the journal addresses such subjects as theory, methodology and practice in New World archaeology. www.cnwajournal.org E-mail: [email protected] REDACTION ADDRESS: EDITORS: Department of New World Archaeology Janusz Krzysztof Kozłowski Institute of Archaeology Radosław Palonka Jagiellonian University Michał Wasilewski Golebia 11 Street Jarosław Źrałka 31-007 Krakow Poland Telephone: +48 126631595 EDITORIAL BOARD: Víctor González Fernandez Instituto Colombiano de Antropología e Historia, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Christophe Helmke Institute of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Michał Kobusiewicz Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Poznań Branch), Poland Krzysztof Makowski Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru Aleksander Posern-Zieliński Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland William I. Woods Department of Geography, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA Mariusz S. Ziółkowski Centre for Precolumbian Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland POLISH ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY – INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY CONTRIBUTIONS IN NEW WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY Volume 8 Kraków 2015 Cover image: Female ceramic figurine, Valencioide culture (1200-1500 AD), Isla Dos Mosquises, Archipelago Los Roques, Venezuela (with permission Maria Magdalena Antczak & Andrzej Antczak 2006, Los Ídolos de las Islas Prometidas: Arqueología Prehispánica del Archipiélago Los Roques. -
ON 20 (1) Zager Et Al.Fm
ORNITOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL 20: 99–112, 2009 © The Neotropical Ornithological Society NEST POACHING IN THE VENEZUELAN INSULAR SUBSPECIES OF THE BROWN-THROATED PARAKEET (ARATINGA PERTINAX) Irene Zager1,2, Kathryn M. Rodríguez-Clark1*, Jessica R. Eberhard3, Jon Paul Rodríguez2,4, & Pablo A. Millán2 1Laboratorio de Ecología y Genética de Poblaciones, Centro de Ecología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Apartado 20632, Caracas 1020-A, Venezuela. *E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] 2Provita, Apartado 47552, Caracas 1041-A, Venezuela. 3Department of Biological Sciences and Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA. 4Laboratorio de Biología de Organismos, Centro de Ecología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Apartado 20632, Caracas 1020-A, Venezuela. Resumen. – Saqueo de nidos en las subespecies insulares venezolanas del Perico Cara Sucia (Aratinga pertinax). – Durante mucho tiempo se ha sospechado el declive del Perico Cara Sucia en las islas venezolanas de La Tortuga y Margarita, debido al saqueo de pichones para el tráfico ilegal de mas- cotas, y por la destrucción de sitios de anidación resultante. Por eso, evaluamos el estatus de las dos subespecies involucradas, Aratinga pertinax margaritensis y A. p. tortuguensis, y examinamos la amenaza que representa el saqueo de nidos. Durante trabajos de campo en 2004, caracterizamos los patrones de los dormideros y sitios de anidación en las dos islas, y estimamos el tamaño poblacional de A. p. margaritensis. En la Isla Margarita, encontramos una población considerable (de por lo menos 1984 individuos), pero los 25 nidos encontrados sufrieron una tasa alta de saqueo (64%) y de destruc- ción (32%). Dado que los ùnicos dos dormideros activos de esta subespecie se ubicaron cercanos a o dentro del Parque Nacional Laguna de La Restinga, que también sufre de presiones antrópicas, nues- tros resultados sugieren que esta subespecie se clasifica en el presente como En Peligro (B1a&b[v]). -
Oferta Exportable Y De Inversiones
SERIE DE CATÁLOGOS DE COMERCIO EXTERIOR FOREIGN TRADE CATALOG SERIES OFERTA EXPORTABLE Y DE INVERSIONES EXPORT AND INVESTMENT OFFER SECTOR TURISMO ESP ENG Tourism Archipiélago de Los Roques Archipielago of Los Roques Turismo: Motor del Desarrollo Económico de Venezuela Tourism: Venezuela´s engine for economic development El Motor Turismo, como parte de la Agenda Económica Bolivariana, tiene como propósito diversificar la economía nacional, con diversos planes que buscan fortalecer el desarrollo turístico local, además de seguir proyectando el país como una excelente opción para los venezolanos y turistas extranjeros. El presidente de la República, Nicolás Maduro, durante el acto de creación de este Motor destacó que: “El turismo como motor de exportación, es vital en la Agenda Económica Bolivariana, (AEB).Tenemos grandes retos en el Motor Turismo y hemos creado las condiciones necesarias para que nuestra Patria dé un gran salto adelante en el desarrollo turístico internacional. Se pueden aplicar modelos sustentables de turismo que generen felicidad y divisas”. "La mejor forma de defender la verdad de Venezuela frente a tanta campaña para dañar la imagen de Venezuela en el mundo, es practicar el turismo y Venezuela es un país de puertas abiertas para el turismo histórico, recreacional". The Tourism Engine, as part of the Bolivarian Economic Agenda, aims to diversify the national economy, with various plans that seek to strengthen local tourism development, in addition to continuing to project the country as an excellent option for Venezuelans and foreign tourists. The President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, during the act of creation of this Motor highlighted that: “Tourism as an export engine is vital in the Bolivarian Economic Agenda, (AEB).