Latin America and the Caribbean

Atlas digital del Canton Cotacachi

Muchas instituciones y proyectos vinculados con la planificacion y la investigacion, han producido informacion valiosa que identifica problemas y potencialidades para el manejo de recursos naturales […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): Not Available
  • Type of Document: Media

La cultura, los bosques, y los cambios en el paisaje: Cotacachi, Ecuador

Cuales son las actitudes y opiniones de la gente indigena en una comunidad de Cotacachi, sobre los bosques nativos y bosques sembrados  especialmente sobre los […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): A. Carse
  • Type of Document: Media

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

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

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

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

Bueno para comer, bueno para pensar: Alimentacion y cultura en Cotacachi

Objetivo: Estudio de la dieta y el sistema culinario indigena. Conocer las principales actividades asociadas con la produccion y consumo de alimentos. Conocer las percepciones y […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): J. Camacho
  • Type of Document: Media

Un analisis de los impactos sociales y economicos de los proyectos de fijacion de carbono en el Ecuador: El caso de PROFAFOR-FACE

Abstract: Este reporte se enfoca en el proyecto PROFAFOR, implementado por FACE (Forest Absorbing Carbon Dioxide Emissions), una ONG holandesa formada por un grupo de companias […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): M. Alban; M. Arguello
  • Type of Document: Research Report

The Impacts of Payments for Watershed Services in Ecuador: Emerging lessons from Pimampiro and Cuenca

Abstract: Payments for environmental services (PES) is a topic of increasing interest in Ecuador, particularly as a way to leverage funding for environmental protection. Payments systems […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): M. Echavarria; J. Vogel; M. Alban; F. Meneses
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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