Landscapes, memories and water: Narratives, perceptions and policy-making on land and water in Monteverde, Costa Rica
This report focuses on situations displayed in (3) and (4), where policy-makers and science fail to take into account people’s sets of perceptions and the particular […]
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): I.T. Porras; M. Miranda
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Cost-effective agri-environmental payment programs: U.S. experience in theory and practice
This presentation describes the objectives and types of PES (payments for environmental services) programs in the United States. The cost-effectiveness of various aspects of program approaches […]
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): R. Claassen; A. Cattaneo; R. Johansson
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: US and Canada
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
El Canton Cotacachi: Espacio y Sociedad
El proyecto Agricultura Sustentable y Manejo de Recursos Naturales SANREM -, ha tenido como meta global desarrollar principios y metodologias para el manejo sustentable de ecosistema […]
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): R. Rhoades; N. Gomez; J. Hidalgo; F. Lopez; A. Vicuna (eds.)
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Seeking half our brains: Constraints and incentives in the social context of interdiciplinary research and development
This chapter describes the relationship between the biological sciences and social sciences in development work. It is argued that despite conceptions of agriculture as a technical […]
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): R.E. Rhoades
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Cotacachi: A case study in governance and decentralization
Invited paper presented at International Conference on Mountain Governance and Decentralization: Banff Centre, Canada, 4-8 June 2005
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): R.E. Rhoades
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Development with identity: Cultural heritage and environment in Cotacachi, Ecuador
Coming soon
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): R.E. Rhoades
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Mapping and Modeling Land Use Change in the Andes: Integrating Global and Local Visions
Presented at Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 8, 2005.
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): Robert E. Rhoades
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Fresh tracks in the forest: Assessing incipient payments for environmental services initiatives in Bolivia
This study provides an Overview and assessment of environmental, economic and social effects of various PES-related initiatives as well as an Overview of challenges and promoting […]
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): N. Robertson; S. Wunder
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Huellas frescas en el bosque: Evaluacion de iniciativas incipientes de pagos por servicios ambientales en Bolivia
Se examinaron 17 iniciativas, emplazadas en distintas partes de Bolivia, que estaban en curso o bien en preparacion. Se analizaron minuciosamente nueve de estas, las cuales […]
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): N. Robertson; S. Wunder
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Economic development and environmental management in the uplands of Southeast Asia: Challenges for policy and institutional development
This paper presents a case study from the Philippines to describe the challenges of conflicting environmental concerns and economic forces in the uplands of Southeast Asia. […]
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): A.C. Rola; I. Coxhead
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management