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Rapid hydrological analysis of the Los Negros watershed in support of a Payments-for-Environmental Services (PES) mechanism

Hydrological research is expensive and time consuming. If Payments for Environmental Services (PES) systems are really to integrate forest conservation and sustainable development in the world’s […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): N. Asquith
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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Management of vegetable priority species based on their important characteristics for household and market demand in Nanggung Sub District

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  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): N. Astutiningsih; G. Manurung
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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Local knowledge and memory in biodiversity conservation

Abstract: For the past two decades, biodiversity conservation has been an area of concerted action and spirited debate. Given the centrality of biodiversity to the earth’s […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): V. Nazarea
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Traversing a landscape of memory

This sixth chapter describes a number of the spiritual stories and native tales associated with the Cotacachi indigenous culture. These include trickster tales, creation myths, and […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): V. Nazarea; R. Guitarra; R.E. Rhoades
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Recipes for Life: Counsel, customs, and cuisine from the Andean hearth

Daily sustenance tends to be overlooked as we focus our attention on big, important issues such as development, conservation, and globalization. And yet what sustains people […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): V.D. Nazarea; J. Camacho; N. Parra
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Money for nothing? A call for empirical evaluation of biodiversity conservation investments

Excerpt: For far too long, conservation scientists and practitioners have depended on intuition and anecdote to guide the design of conservation investments. If we want to […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): P.J. Ferraro; S.K. Pattanayak
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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AVRDC- The World Vegetable Center’s research & development on good agricultural practices for safe vegetable production

There are rising global challenges with respect to vegetable production: -Rising populations, especially in urban areas -Land degradation and water scarcity -Pesticide abuse -Widespread malnutrition This […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): M.C. Palada
  • Type of Document: Media

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Biological diversity in Cotacachi’s Andean forests

Recognizing an absence of scientific literature regarding biodiversity in the Andean highlands, this seventh chapter discusses flora and fauna and the biological processes through which different […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): M. Penafiel; M. Tipan; L. Nolivos; K. Vasquez
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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La experiencia Venezolana en esquemas de pagos por servicios ambientales: Informe para el proyecto CI-CIFOR sobre la factibilidad de PSA en el Corredor Norandino

EXTRACTO (de la introduccion): Este informe, hace una breve descripcion del contexto legal, politico y organizacional donde se pueden enmarcar los esquemas de Pagos por Servicios […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): J. Perez Roas
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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The Vittel payments for ecosystem services: A “perfect” PES case?

This paper describes and analyses the PES programme developed and implemented by Vittel (Nestle Waters) in north-eastern France. In order to address the risk of nitrate […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): D. Perrot-Maitre
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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