Local sustainable development effects of forest carbon projects in Brazil and Bolivia: A view from the field
Abstract: This study on the socio-economic effects of four carbon sequestration projects in Brazil and Bolivia examines how these projects contribute to local development processes and […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): P.H. May; E. Boyd; F. Veiga; M. Chang
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Sistema de agua entubada de Cambugan
Los usos principales del agua de Cambugan son lavar ropa y actividades domesticas. Quienes acceden a otro sistema de mejor calidad usan el agua para beber. […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): O.H. Mayorga
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Updates on our understanding of the impacts of land use and farming practices on biophysical outcomes in the tropical uplands of Mindanao, the Philippines
The authors describe the approaches used: 1. Present data on land use at catchment scale (1994, 2002); Erosion mitigation at plot level; Tree biomass; Potential and […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): D. Midmore; A. Dano; T. Nissen; D. Poudel; G. Zhu
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
The social impacts of carbon markets in Costa Rica: A case study of the Huetar-Norte region
Abstract: This study assesses the impacts of the payments for environmental services (PES) programme in Costa Rica in relation to reforestation activities for the establishment of […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): M. Miranda; I.T. Porras; M.L. Moreno
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Social infrastructure for decentralized NRM governance
This presentation discusses the role of Civil Society Organizations in developing secure and enduring natural resource tenure.
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): K. Moore
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Renforcement de liens et constructions des ponts le role du capital social dans la GRN
Abstract: Cette intervention s’adresse aux quatre principes fondamentaux qui soutient l’approche SANREM: la participation, la pluridisciplinarite, la collaboration institutionelle, et l’echelle paysage. L’echelle paysage comporte l’inclusion […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): K. Moore; S. Cisse
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Marginalities of the mind or the anthropology of quirkiness
Coming soon
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): V. Nazarea
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Cuentos de la Creacion y Resistencia
This compilation of stories about creation and resistance reveals the oral tradition of the local indigenous communities in the Cotacacachi Canton. The stories are given in […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): V. Nazarea; R. Guitarra; M. Pineiro; C. Guitarra; R.E. Rhoades; R. Alarcon
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
The conservation business
The language of conservation is changing: protecting biodiversity is no longer just about ethics and aesthetics; the latest buzzwords are commodities and consumers. Traditionally, conservation initiatives […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): H. Nicholls
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Environmental services payments in Central America: Putting theory into practice
This presentation introduces the concept of water services and the need for payments for environmental services (PES). Current World Bank projects (implemented or under development) that […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): S. Pagiola
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management