Capital social, empoderamiento y medioambiente social
Este presentacion describe la importancia de capital social y otras formas de capital. Tambien discute el trabajo de USAID sobre “sustainable livelihoods” y capital social. Presentation […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): C. Flora; V. Rames; A. Hurtado; P. Morales
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Institutions and water – the vital connections
Excerpt: Water governance encompasses economic, administrative and even political authority over water resources and services. There are various institutions at play at different levels – national, […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): D. Elazegui
- Type of Document: Newsletter
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Realities of the watershed management approach: The Magat Watershed experience
Abstract: This paper aims to showcase the experience of the Magat watershed in the implementation of the watershed management approach. Magat watershed was declared as a […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): D. Elazegui; E. Combalicer
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Enhancing the role of local government units in environmental regulation
Abstract: This paper reviews the implementation of one major environmental regulation in the Philippines, i.e., the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) system. This deals with the process […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): D. Elazegui; M. Espaldon; A. Sumbalan
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Payment schemes for environmental services in watersheds
Payment schemes for environmental services (PES) are innovative instruments for natural resources management which are increasingly being applied in Latin America. In a watershed context, PES […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): Food and Agriculture Oragnization of the United Nations
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Migracion circular, identidad comunitaria y sus relaciones a la tierra
Excerpt: Este estudio muestra la gran importancia de la migracion circular en el complejo de estrategias de sobreviviencia economica y cultural de los campesinos ind. en […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): G. Flora
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Realities of watershed management in the Philippines: The case of the Iloilo-Maasin Watershed management
Abstract: The paper analyzed the presence or absence of elements needed to have an effective system of watershed management in the Maasin Watershed, Iloilo Province. IT […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): H. Francisco; J. Salas
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Sense of place and indigenous people’s conservation: A brief political ecology of the seed and place. From modernization to globalization from above and from below. Towards the strengthening & re-indigenization of local epistemologies, ontologies, and cosmovisions
Abstract: For the “Indigenous Peoples” (IPs) of the Americas (North, Meso, and South), the constant and mostly violent process of erasure of their communal places is […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): T. Gonzales
- Type of Document: Media
Interactions between economic policies and institutions in water allocation and use: Theory and evidence from a Philippine watershed
This chapter begins by presenting such a highly simplified model (section 1) wherein what is distinguished are only the decisions of two agents, in upstream and […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): I. Coxhead
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Policies or projects? Land use incentives and soil conservation in a Philippine watershed
This presentation refutes the assumption that upland farmers are beyond the influence of market forces, suggesting that market interventions can be an effective tool for encouraging […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): I. Coxhead
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
