Carlos F Mena
Biographic Data
| ID | 3481867 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carlos F Mena |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carlos F |
| FAMILY NAME | Mena |
| SIGNATURE | MENA C F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0825-6476 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Assessing economic losses in artisanal fisheries from marine plastic pollution in coastal Ecuador and Peru
This study quantifies the economic losses that artisanal fisheries of coastal Ecuador and Peru incur due to marine plastic debris incidents. This study stands as the pioneering effort of its kind within the Latin American region. We surveyed 1349 artisanal fishermen and found that the annual probability of encountering plastic debris was 49.7 % in Ecuador and 53.4 % in Peru for the 2021–2022 period. Among those encountering debris, 49.7 % of Ecua…
Unburnable Fossil Fuels and Climate Finance: Compensation for Rights Holders
To limit the increase in global mean temperature to 1.5°C, CO2 emissions should be capped at 440 gigatons. To achieve this, about 89 percent, 59 percent, and 58 percent of existing coal and conventional gas and oil reserves, respectively, need to remain unburned. This implies an economic cost for fossil fuel rights owners, and any successful climate policy will rely on resolving the distributional challenge of how to allocate the right to use the…
Malaria Transmission and Spillover across the Peru–Ecuador Border: A Spatiotemporal Analysis
Border regions have been implicated as important hot spots of malaria transmission, particularly in Latin America, where free movement rights mean that residents can cross borders using just a national ID. Additionally, rural livelihoods largely depend on short-term migrants traveling across borders via the Amazon's river networks to work in extractive industries, such as logging. As a result, there is likely considerable spillover across country…
International Investment Agreements, Human Rights, and Environmental Justice: The Texaco/Chevron Case From the Ecuadorian Amazon
The Texaco/Chevron lawsuit, which started in November 1993 and is still being litigated in 2020, is a prominent example of the process of judicialization of environmental conflict. The Ecuadorian plaintiffs claim that the oil company's operations generated ruinous impacts on the environment and on the development prospects and health of nearby individuals and communities. The tortuous and lengthy judiciary process was further hindered by an arbit…
Community-Based Monitoring of Oil Extraction: Lessons Learned in the Ecuadorian Amazon
This paper reports on an ongoing initiative that seeks to enhance the detection, monitoring, and reporting capabilities of local communities in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon through the introduction of hardware and digital tools, as a strategy to strengthen their ability to produce socio-environmental evidence. A Community Based Monitoring (CBM) system has been created to link social organizations, fighting for environmental justice, and academi…
Modelling Tourism in the Galapagos Islands: An Agent-Based Model Approach
Currently tourism is the main driver of change in the Galapagos Islands, affecting the social, terrestrial, and marine sub-systems. Tourism also has direct and indirect consequences for the unique archipelago's natural habitats and for the human well-being. Describing the mechanisms that drive and affect most the tourism development in Galapagos is a preliminary condition to developing a better understanding of the interaction structure of factor…
Complexity theory, spatial simulation models, and land use dynamics in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon
Frontier Land Use Change: Synthesis, Challenges, and Next Steps
Profound social, economic, and environmental changes that include new land management practices are often associated with advancing agricultural frontiers. We argue that existing approaches to case studies do not allow for clear generalization or the systematic testing of hypotheses. As an alternative, our study uses Mill's method of agreement approach to synthesize results from seven long-term case studies of land cover change in frontier areas.…
Pressure on the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve: Development and Land Use/Cover Change in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon
Frontier Land Use Change: Synthesis, Challenges, and Next Steps
Profound social, economic, and environmental changes that include new land management practices are often associated with advancing agricultural frontiers. We argue that existing approaches to case studies do not allow for clear generalization or the systematic testing of hypotheses. As an alternative, our study uses Mill's method of agreement approach to synthesize results from seven long-term case studies of land cover change in frontier areas.…
Pressure on the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve: Development and Land Use/Cover Change in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon
Complexity theory, spatial simulation models, and land use dynamics in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon
International Investment Agreements, Human Rights, and Environmental Justice: The Texaco/Chevron Case From the Ecuadorian Amazon
The Texaco/Chevron lawsuit, which started in November 1993 and is still being litigated in 2020, is a prominent example of the process of judicialization of environmental conflict. The Ecuadorian plaintiffs claim that the oil company's operations generated ruinous impacts on the environment and on the development prospects and health of nearby individuals and communities. The tortuous and lengthy judiciary process was further hindered by an arbit…
Community-Based Monitoring of Oil Extraction: Lessons Learned in the Ecuadorian Amazon
This paper reports on an ongoing initiative that seeks to enhance the detection, monitoring, and reporting capabilities of local communities in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon through the introduction of hardware and digital tools, as a strategy to strengthen their ability to produce socio-environmental evidence. A Community Based Monitoring (CBM) system has been created to link social organizations, fighting for environmental justice, and academi…
Unburnable Fossil Fuels and Climate Finance: Compensation for Rights Holders
To limit the increase in global mean temperature to 1.5°C, CO2 emissions should be capped at 440 gigatons. To achieve this, about 89 percent, 59 percent, and 58 percent of existing coal and conventional gas and oil reserves, respectively, need to remain unburned. This implies an economic cost for fossil fuel rights owners, and any successful climate policy will rely on resolving the distributional challenge of how to allocate the right to use the…
Pressure on the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve: Development and Land Use/Cover Change in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon
Complexity theory, spatial simulation models, and land use dynamics in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon
Frontier Land Use Change: Synthesis, Challenges, and Next Steps
Profound social, economic, and environmental changes that include new land management practices are often associated with advancing agricultural frontiers. We argue that existing approaches to case studies do not allow for clear generalization or the systematic testing of hypotheses. As an alternative, our study uses Mill's method of agreement approach to synthesize results from seven long-term case studies of land cover change in frontier areas.…
Modelling Tourism in the Galapagos Islands: An Agent-Based Model Approach
Currently tourism is the main driver of change in the Galapagos Islands, affecting the social, terrestrial, and marine sub-systems. Tourism also has direct and indirect consequences for the unique archipelago's natural habitats and for the human well-being. Describing the mechanisms that drive and affect most the tourism development in Galapagos is a preliminary condition to developing a better understanding of the interaction structure of factor…
Community-Based Monitoring of Oil Extraction: Lessons Learned in the Ecuadorian Amazon
This paper reports on an ongoing initiative that seeks to enhance the detection, monitoring, and reporting capabilities of local communities in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon through the introduction of hardware and digital tools, as a strategy to strengthen their ability to produce socio-environmental evidence. A Community Based Monitoring (CBM) system has been created to link social organizations, fighting for environmental justice, and academi…
Malaria Transmission and Spillover across the Peru–Ecuador Border: A Spatiotemporal Analysis
Border regions have been implicated as important hot spots of malaria transmission, particularly in Latin America, where free movement rights mean that residents can cross borders using just a national ID. Additionally, rural livelihoods largely depend on short-term migrants traveling across borders via the Amazon's river networks to work in extractive industries, such as logging. As a result, there is likely considerable spillover across country…
International Investment Agreements, Human Rights, and Environmental Justice: The Texaco/Chevron Case From the Ecuadorian Amazon
The Texaco/Chevron lawsuit, which started in November 1993 and is still being litigated in 2020, is a prominent example of the process of judicialization of environmental conflict. The Ecuadorian plaintiffs claim that the oil company's operations generated ruinous impacts on the environment and on the development prospects and health of nearby individuals and communities. The tortuous and lengthy judiciary process was further hindered by an arbit…
Unburnable Fossil Fuels and Climate Finance: Compensation for Rights Holders
To limit the increase in global mean temperature to 1.5°C, CO2 emissions should be capped at 440 gigatons. To achieve this, about 89 percent, 59 percent, and 58 percent of existing coal and conventional gas and oil reserves, respectively, need to remain unburned. This implies an economic cost for fossil fuel rights owners, and any successful climate policy will rely on resolving the distributional challenge of how to allocate the right to use the…
Assessing economic losses in artisanal fisheries from marine plastic pollution in coastal Ecuador and Peru
This study quantifies the economic losses that artisanal fisheries of coastal Ecuador and Peru incur due to marine plastic debris incidents. This study stands as the pioneering effort of its kind within the Latin American region. We surveyed 1349 artisanal fishermen and found that the annual probability of encountering plastic debris was 49.7 % in Ecuador and 53.4 % in Peru for the 2021–2022 period. Among those encountering debris, 49.7 % of Ecua…
Geography (7 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Economic geography (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Amazon rainforest (3 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (3 works) · Environmental resource management (3 works) · Land use (3 works)