Latin America and the Caribbean

The discourse of advocacy coalitions: Desired futures and natural resource issues

Using discourse analysis, this paper synthesizes, characterizes, and summarizes information gathered from in-depth interviews and focus groups with key representatives of civil society, state, and market-oriented […]

  • Date of Publication: 2002
  • Author(s): F. Campana; M. Bravo
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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Capital, community and collective action: Social foundations of sustainability in an Andean buffer zone (Ecuador)

Development approaches have traditionally emphasized material resources, ignoring the less tangible forms of capital. But sustainable development, especially in relation to land use and production systems, […]

  • Date of Publication: 2002
  • Author(s): J. Flora
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Program of payments for forest environmental services in Costa Rica

Abstract: The Payments for Environmental Services Program (PESP) implemented in Costa Rica is an alternative approach to halt environmental degradation derived from deforestation in low income […]

  • Date of Publication: 2002
  • Author(s): E. Ortiz Malavasi
  • Type of Document: Media

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Program of Payments for Ecological Services in Costa Rica

Summary: The paper explores one example of a system for valuation of forest goods and services, assessing its advantages/disadvantages, lessons learnt and its application to large […]

  • Date of Publication: 2002
  • Author(s): E. Ortiz Malavasi; J. Kellenberg
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

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Biodiversity and marginality: Dilemma of economic development

Abstract: This study investigates the impact of economic development on women and biodiversity in two rural communities in Ecuador. The level of womens integration into the […]

  • Date of Publication: 2002
  • Author(s): M. Piniero
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Scenarios of sustainability: Scientific and local visions of development in a biodiversity hotspot (Ecuador)

Sustainability has been a core concept in development approaches in the 1990s. Even so, it has been largely defined in biophysical terms, such as rates of […]

  • Date of Publication: 2002
  • Author(s): R. Rhoades; V. Nazarea-Rhoades
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Conservation Concessions: A new tool for biodiversity conservation in the tropics

Abstract: Conservation of biodiversity-rich habitats presents a challenge to nations wishing to develop their natural resources for economic ends. Logging, mining and other resource-development activities offer […]

  • Date of Publication: 2002
  • Author(s): R. Rice
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

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Payment for environmental services: Brazil

(Excerpt from report Preface): This report presents the findings of the second stage of Compensation for Environmental Services Project (CES), carried out in Brazil from May […]

  • Date of Publication: 2002
  • Author(s): A. Verisimo; Y. Le Boulluec Alves; M. Pantoja da Costa; C. Riccio de Carballo; G.C. Cabral Born; S. Talocchi; R.H. Born
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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Instruments for sustainable private forestry in Brazil: An analysis of needs, challenges and opportunities for natural forest management and small-scale plantation forestry

Abstract: Brazil presents particular challenges for sustainable forest management. Much of its forest is on private land and there are strong pressures to make land available […]

  • Date of Publication: 2002
  • Author(s): V.M. Viana; P. May; L. Lago; O. Dubois; M. Grieg-Gran
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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The role of wealth and cultural heterogeneity in the emergence of social networks and agricultural cooperatives in an Ecuadorian colonization zone

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  • Date of Publication: 2002
  • Author(s): E. Jones
  • Type of Document: Thesis or Dissertation

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