Policy analysis of invasive species regulations in Sydney Harbour and San Francisco Bay

The demand for the mass transportation of goods throughout the world is threatening the biodiversity and native habitats of local scale aquatic assemblages. Efforts to preserve and protect marine communities are hampered by the danger of invasive species coming into native harbor community assemblages. In order to manage and conserve these ecosystems, it is necessary that we research and compiled the species in order to gain a better understanding of how legislation and regulations can be used in order to create systems that are sustainable for all species. The goal of this capstone is to examine current and past legislation and regulations as well as look at the species assemblages in San Francisco Bay and Sydney Harbour. We conducted an analysis and evaluation on the current policies of the harbors. To do this, previous data and research were examined; policies and laws were ascertained; and the ongoing impacts of invasive species were determined. Through a literature search we identified all the recorded known species present in each harbor and conducted biodiversity comparisons on the taxa. This paper analyzes and compares a range of factors that may influence policy implementation and legislation in the United States and Australia. Based on reviews of policy and literature, the cross country comparative analysis reveals the challenges and opportunities of the policies in each setting, and the relative strengths and weaknesses of the difference implementation approaches. The paper concludes with recommendations for the United States and Australia in terms of legislative approaches and a do nothing approach

Informe ampliado: efectos socioeconómicos y culturales de la pandemia COVID-19 y del aislamiento social, preventivo y obligatorio en los Pueblos Indígenas en Argentina -Segunda etapa, junio 2020-

A partir de la pandemia generada por el COVID-19, con el consiguiente Aislamiento Social Preventivo y Obligatorio (ASPO) dispuesto a partir del 20/03/2020 y demás acciones implementadas desde el Estado nacional argentino, un conjunto de equipos, instituciones, investigadores, becaries y tesistas de diferentes ámbitos del país, nos agrupamos con el objetivo de elaborar un informe acerca de las consecuencias e impactos socioeconómicos y culturales que atraviesan los pueblos indígenas con los que trabajamos en las regiones Metropolitana, Pampeana, Noroeste, Noreste, Cuyo y Patagonia. En una primera instancia, más de 30 autores, participaron en la elaboración de un informe (1er etapa) presentado el 15 de abril de 20201 . En esta segunda etapa, con más de 100 integrantes de diferentes ámbitos académicos del país, se amplió lo abordado a partir de la actualización y profundización de las problemáticas y situaciones que experimentan un conjunto de diversas comunidades y pueblos originarios –qom, mbya, moqoit, mapuche, guaraní, tupí guaraní, avá guaraní, kolla, diaguita, diaguita-calchaquí, wichí, huarpe, quechua, aymara, nivaclé, tonokote, omaguaca, tastil, günün a küna, comechingón, comechingón-camiare, ocloya, iogys, chané, tapiete, chorote, chulupi, sanavirón, ranquel, wehnayek, atacama, lule, quilmes, mapuche-pehuenches, tehuelches, mapuche-tehuelches, selk‘nam, haush y selk‘nam-haush-.Valdata, Marcela. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes. Centro de Estudios Aplicados a Problemáticas Socioculturales. Rosario; Argentin