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Sergio Pena

Sergio Pena

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Member SinceApr 25, 2014CoLab Points (actual)
2
CountryChileCoLab Points (max. potential)
78

Sergio Pena-Neira is a Associate Professor of Law and Researcher at the Universidad Mayor in Santiago de Chile. As well, Dr Pena-Neira is Visiting Researcher at the Faculty of Law of King´s College London (D. Poon), one of the 10 best universities in the world in matters of research.
Further, he is a Legal Research Fellow at the Center for International Sustainable Development Law at Mc Gill University, Canada and Visting Researcher of the Transnational Law Institute, KCL.

At the same time, recently, he has been awarded the Dr. iur in Law. (2014), LLM.(2011) and LLL and has a Graduate and Master degree in International Relations (2000).

In 2009 Professor. Peña-Neira was accepted as Visiting Researcher at the Department of International Law of the University of Goettingen, Germany as well as in  2006 Dr. Peña-Neira was accepted as Fellow at the IDGEC, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Among other areas of research Dr. Peña-Neira has focused his work on the problems derived from climate change and biodiversity in international law and policy, particulary, consecuences for biodiversity of this change. Recently, he has published an article on the lack of legal rules in Marine Genetic Resources in the High Seas. Passionate for the science of law and the problems from environment and economy he is based in Chile (the area of Santiago, Valparaiso and Vina del Mar) contributing to knowledge learning and creation as well as research in legal rules on climate change and biodiversity. Recently, he has been awarded a research scholarship from the Lauterpacht Center of International Law on the topic of Traditional Knowledge, Rights and Duties: Brandon Research Scholarships for developing this line of research (of almost 15 years) in Cambridge.

Proposals

The international rule of law, evaluation of its application to climate changeJul 1, 2014
Mobilizing for climate change actionJun 11, 2015

Proposal Links

A Carbon Negative Infrastructure and Economy: A Systems Design/Mngmt ApproachDec 11, 2015

Supporting

ECOSAN plan: getting dual benefits of recycling nutrients and water conservationJul 1, 2014

Activities

Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal Revolutionizing forest investments and the management of residues in agricultureNov 12, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Recycling/Management through Innovative TechnologyNov 2, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal The GREEN LITTORAL¨Greener … More Littoral¨Nov 2, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal Developing an Alternative to Shifting Cultivation in North-East India.Nov 2, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal Agricultural Use of Nitrapyrin to Mitigate Nitrous Oxide Emissions from SoilSep 21, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal Plant 100+ million idle acres in treesSep 19, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal Management /Adaptation Oasis Farmers to Climate Change Food / AgricultureSep 19, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal Pedal-powered Urban Farmers to Save the World: One lawn at a time!Sep 18, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Recycling/Management through Innovative TechnologySep 18, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal Construction of rural biodigestersSep 10, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal Wastepaper to Biomaterials: A biorefinery ApproachSep 10, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal Information dissemination of sustainable ecological agricultureSep 10, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal ISPRO-MEUHEW:MITSep 8, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal The GREEN LITTORAL¨Greener … More Littoral¨Sep 8, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal Sinba: Transforming food waste into social and environmental impactSep 8, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal Waste to Energy: A Pilot on Poultry and Piggery Farms In UgandaSep 7, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal Development of model sustainable system of tea cultivationSep 7, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal Tek! Mobile App for Consumption and Purchase TrackingSep 7, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal Biomass Power Stations in Fire-prone AreasSep 7, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal The Kerash Effect-Mixture of Flyash and Keratin to replace FertilizerSep 7, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal Climate Change Communication in Schools in UgandaSep 6, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal Aab-e-hayaat, a super absorbent polymer for agricultural use (Hydroponics)Sep 6, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal Developing an Alternative to Shifting Cultivation in North-East India.Sep 6, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal HoVi EngineSep 6, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal Vermicomposting to sequester carbon, enrich soil and improve livelihoodsSep 6, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal Building Healthy Soil with the Life found in CompostSep 6, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal Pyrolysis - With clean biowaste technology towards a sustainable futureSep 4, 2017
Sergio Pena added a comment to proposal Aerobic Waste Digestion for Waste Disposal and Production of Food and Biofuels.Sep 4, 2017
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