Using markets to preserve forests and the services they provide
This presentation describes the opportunity and theory behind using market-based Payments for Environmental Services to preserve forests. Pagiola discusses the challenges, limitations and possibilities of PES […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): S. Pagiola
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
IDE low-cost drip irrigation for vegetable production: A farmer’s guide
This presentation focused on the International Development Enterprise low cost drip kits and its application on vegetable production. Summary FROM PRESENTATION: IDE International is a non […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): M.C. Palada
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Low-cost drip irrigation systems for smallholder vegetable farmers: Technology transfer- Cambodia
The presentation shows the International Development Enterprises’ low cost drip irrigation system with an application in Cambodia. Summary FROM PRESENTATION: Global climatic changes result in uneven […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): M.C. Palada
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Influencia climatica en la dinamica poblacional del complejo Gorgojo de los Andes en tres comunidades del Municipio de Ancoraimes
The document shows the results of a study of the dynamics of the Andean potato weevil to establish a baseline for understanding changes due to climate […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): A. Paz; K. Garrett; M. Penaranda
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Can carbon sequestration markets benefit low-income producers in semi-arid Africa? Potentials and challenges
This article describes the framework for carbon sequestration markets provided by the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The CDM permits countries that are exceeding their […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): C. Perez; C. Roncoli; C. Neely; J.L. Steiner
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Watershed services: Who pays and for what?
There is increasing interest in using payments to promote sound watershed management. Schemes range from small pilot projects involving just five families to a massive Chinese […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): I. Porras; M. Grieg-Gran
- Type of Document: Research Report
Proyecto: Manejo de recursos naturales en la agricultura a pequena escala basada en cuencas
Summary: A Powerpoint presentation of GIS data collection and analysis for Tiraque watershed in Bolivia.
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): PROMIC/PROINPA
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Comparison of watershed boundaries derived from SRTM and ASTER digital elevation datasets and from a digitized topographic map
Abstract: Watersheds are natural integrators of hydrological, biological, and geological processes and as such require an integrated approach to data analysis and modeling, which usually starts […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): J.K. Pryde; J. Osorio; M.L. Wolfe; C. Heatwole; B. Benham; A. Cardenas
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Descripcion de la gestion de agua de riego de las comunidades de Cebada Jich’ana y Damy Rancho pertenecientes al sistema de riego Totora Qhocha
Este docuumento de trabajo ofrece un descripcion de la situacion de derechos al agua, repartos de agua, y la ley de agua en Cebada Jich’ana y […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): R.C. Botello
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Measuring soil physical properties to assess soil quality
Powerpoint Presentation. Summary: Soil quality is the capacity of a soil to function within ecosystem boundaries to sustain biological productivity, maintain environmental quality, and promote plant, […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): C.W. Raczkowski
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management