Research methods in risk analysis
Summary: Among the research methods for risk analysis, this document shows the design of a survey that pursues to evaluate the climate change risk in the […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): L.A. Marks
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
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
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
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
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
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
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
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
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
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
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Women and homegardens of Cotacachi
Chapter 10 examines the role of women as the primary cultivators of homegardens in Cotacachi. Homegardens serve an important purpose in family life as they supplement […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): M.C. Piniero
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
People, land and resources of Cotacachi, Ecuador
CD-Toolbook Database of SANREM-Andes Project (Phase I and II). This resource serves as an interactive guide to the SANREM-Andes Project, allowing the user to learn an […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): R. Rhoades; X. Zapata
- Type of Document: Not Available
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Sustainability science in indigenous communities: Reconciling local and global agendas
In concluding the SANREM Andes research, Chapter 21 summarizes the key themes of over a decade of work in the Cotacachi region. This includes discussion of […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): R.E. Rhoades
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Linking sustainability science, community and culture: A research partnership in Cotacachi, Ecuador
Chapter One introduces the SANREM Andes project as a research partnership oriented to combine participatory social learning processes and scientific study of human and environment interaction […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): R.E. Rhoades
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
