Developing a Methodology to Enable Community Governance for Market Integration and Adaptation to Climate Changes: Agency and the Advocacy Coalition Approach in the Peruvian Altiplano
An advocacy coalition process was initiated in two Aymara communities from the Peruvian Altiplano aimed at building on their ability to negotiate (Political Capital) and form […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): E. Fernandez-Baca; C. Turin; P. Condor
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Challenges to managing ecosystems sustainably for poverty alleviation: Securing well-being in the Andes/Amazon
This report focuses on the Amazon basin and the eastern Andean slopes (herein referred to as the Andes/Amazon ecosystem or region). The Amazon is the largest […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): ESPA-AA (Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation Program)
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Indicadores de desempeno y capacidades de gestion forestal: Un analisis de eficiencia y sus determinantes en municipios de Bolivia
In this study the municipal efficiency in the forest sector for year 2006 was analyzed, for a sample of 100 municipalities of Bolivia, by means of […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): J.L. Flores Barroso
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Policy
Climate and the risk of pests and disease
This presentation discusses major pest and disease problems in the Andean Altiplano and their shifting incidence in connection with climate change. The specific focus is on […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): K. Garrett
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Local indicators, connecting to regional forecasts
Adaptation is a continual locally based process that depends upon the pool of knowledge available and the costs and incentives to change. Extra community knowledge needed […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): J. Gilles
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Soil Metagenomics to identify indicators of soil degradation in the Bolivian Highlands
The Bolivian Highlands (approximately 4000 masl) are experiencing changes in agricultural practices due in part to climate change and economic pressures. Traditional fallow periods are being […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): L. Gomez; A. Jumpponen; M. Herman; K.A. Garrett
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Cartilla de informe de resultados en Clima: Presentacion y entrega en taller de devolucion de informacion con agricultores del Municipio de Umala
El objetivo del proyecto es medir el bienestar del medio ambiente y las estrategias de vida, a traves de procesos de investigacion. Conocer las percepciones de […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): M.A. Gonzales; C. Jarandilla; C. Chambilla
- Type of Document: Project Document
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
El comportamiento del gorgojo y el clima
En Bolivia el cultivo de la papa es fundamental para la alimentacion de sus habitantes, pero las condiciones climaticas, calidad de suelos, la falta de conocimientos […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): M.A. Gonzales; C. Jarandilla; K. Garrett; V. Vera
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Watershed management cross-cutting activity
The objectives of this research are to: 1. Support natural resource management at a watershed and policy analysis scale by documenting landscape condition, quantifying natural resources, […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): C. Heatwole
- Type of Document: Media
Stream flow monitoring to support watershed assessment in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Zambia
This presentation discusses a study to implement a low cost, rapid assessment of stream flow in watersheds in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Zambia. The stream flow monitoring […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): C. Heatwole; M. Penaranda; A.K. Saavedra; C. Montufar; W. Lunga
- Type of Document: Media
