The environment as a common good in the time of globalization: its conceptualization and social perception

Landscape, Law & Justice: Proceedings from a workshop on old and new cornmons, Centre for Advanced Study, Oslo, 11-13 March 2003.It is usual to consider lhe environment as a common good, but we are far from having a clear definition of either of lhem: lhe environment and lhe common. Bolh vary according the scope of lhe analysis (world, national, regional, provincial, local), the different societies, and the diverse elements included, and so vary the social perception and action on the environment. On the other hand, new and increasing demands from lhe environment as a common good, as it is the case of preserving biodiversity or landscape among others) might clash with traditional commons. Societies face now a challenge to compatibilize traditional cornmons and the new common: the environment. In arder to study lhe idea of the environment as the new common is relevant to pay attention to legal conceptions and issues related with property rights. A conceptual and historical clarification of the sense and meaning of common is required. In this paper the conceptual problematic of lhe term common for the case of the environment is analyzed, and the change in its social perception within the process of industrialization and globalization. A case study of Navarre (Spain) show how peapie conceive Nature in terms of common good

Comentario a la STC 114/2013, de 18 de mayo, sobre el “parany” como modalidad tradicional de captura y caza de túrdidos en la Comunidad Valenciana

The hunting of thrushes with the use of an expanded straw-covered wire placed in trees pruned specifically for this purpose and using a reproduction of the species´ song to lure the birds is a traditional method of capture in some areas and especially in the South of Catalonia and the North of Valencia, but which, due to the use of the wire, is now prohibited as of Directive 79/409/CEE, dated 2 April, from Law 4/1989, dated 27 March, of the Conservation of Natural Spaces and of Wild Flora and Fauna. However, hiding behind the exceptions established in the legal regulation (of which no other satisfactory solutions to prevent crop damage exist), the Valencian Generalitat [Regional Government] has maintained the legality of this method, giving rise not only to intervention from the Court of Justice of the European Union, but also from the Supreme Court and even the Constitutional Court, as analyzed by the author in this commented sentence.La caza de túrdidos (tordos) mediante liga expandida en varetas de esparto colocadas en árboles adecuadamente podados para ello y utilizando como reclamo la reproducción del canto de estas especies, es un método de captura tradicional en algunas zonas y en especial en el Sur de Cataluña y Norte de Valencia, pero que, por el empleo de la liga, ya viene prohibido, desde la Directiva 79/409/CEE, de 2 de abril, a partir de la Ley 4/1989, de 27 de marzo, de Conservación de los Espacios Naturales y de la Flora y Fauna Silvestres. Sin embargo, amparándose en las excepciones establecidas en la propia norma legal (de que no existen otras soluciones más satisfactorias para prevenir perjuicios a los cultivos), la Generalitat Valenciana ha mantenido la legalidad de este método, dando lugar no sólo a la intervención del Tribunal de Justicia de las Comunidades Europeas, sino también del Tribunal Supremo e incluso del propio Tribunal Constitucional, en la sentencia que analiza el autor

Los coptos: Últimos herederos

Recensión del libro Los coptos: Últimos herederos, publicado en el año 2022 por la editorial Pinolia, de Vicente Barba Colmenero. La obra pretende divulgar la historia de los coptos, su origen y desarrollo en Egipto, pues han permanecido en la sombra de la divulgación histórica del país del Nilo a pesar de poseer un relato rico e interesante que entronca con una comunidad del Egipto contemporáneo orgullosa de su pasado

Relacion verdadera de las grandiosas fiestas, y Regozijos que la ... ciudad de Valladolid hizo a nuestro Rey, y Señor Don Felipe Quarto el Grande, viniendo de Irún de entregar a la christianissima Reyna de Francia Doña Maria Teresa de Austria ...

Copia digital. Valladolid : Junta de Castilla y León. Consejería de Cultura y Turismo, 2011Tít. tomado de las primeras palabras del text

A multidimensional model of healthy ageing: proposal and evaluation of determinants based on a population survey in Ecuador

Healthy ageing is a complex construct which involves multiple dimensions. Previous studies of healthy ageing have focused only on measuring the intrinsic capacity of the older person. The objectives of this study were to design a multidimensional model of healthy ageing and to identify its determinants from national data in Ecuador.; A cross-sectional analytical study was carried out from the National Survey of Health and Well-being of the Older Adult, 2010. Sample was 1797 adults aged 65 years or more. A multidimensional model was designed based on the World Health Organization's concept of healthy ageing. For the analysis, two groups were created: a healthy ageing and a less healthy ageing group. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regressions were performed to analyze the probability of belonging to the healthy group according to sex, age, area of ​​residence, level of education, perceived health status, perceived life satisfaction, and poverty by income level.; The 53.15% of the sample was classified in the healthy ageing group. Women and the poorest older adults were less likely to be in the healthy ageing group (OR 0.58; 95% CI 0.464-0.737; OR 0.44; 95% CI 0.343-0.564). Older adults with secondary education or higher, who considered their health as excellent and who were satisfied with their life, had a greater probability of being in healthy ageing group (OR 2.61; 95% CI 1.586-4.309; OR 28.49; 95% CI 3.623-224.02; OR 0.23; 95% CI 0.165-0.341).; This study contributes with a multidimensional approach to healthy ageing. It proposes to evaluate the intrinsic capacity of the individual, the social and political environment and the interaction with it, through indicators that discriminate who are ageing in a healthy way and who are not. By using this model, it was identified that gender and economic situation seem to play an important role on heathy ageing of the Ecuadorian population. Public policies are necessary to promote healthy ageing, especially focused on improving socioeconomic conditions and gender equity