Latin America and the Caribbean

Payments for watershed services: Opportunities and realities

Many nations have found that regulatory approaches to land and water management have a limited impact. An alternative is to create incentives for sound management under […]

  • Date of Publication: 2007
  • Author(s): I. Bond
  • Type of Document: Research Report

The profitability of forest protection versus logging and the role of payments for environmental services (PES) in the Reserva Forestal Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica

This article analyzes the profitability of protecting forests with PES (payments for environmental services) versus the profitability of logging in the Reserva Forestal Golfo Dulce, Costa […]

  • Date of Publication: 2007
  • Author(s): E. Ibarra Gene
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

SANREM Baseline Survey Questionnaire for Tiraque Bolivia

This questionnaire was used for the SANREM baseline survey in Tiraque Bolivia during 2007. This survey was enumerated to 400 households in the SANREM focal watershed […]

  • Date of Publication: 2007
  • Author(s): J. Alwang
  • Type of Document: Project Document

Bioindicadores terrestres y acuaticos para las microcuencas de los rios Illangama y Alumbre, provincia Bolivar

This document is a 30 page working paper synthesizing an assessment of biodiversity in Illangama and Alumbre sub-watersheds in Bolivar, Ecuador. The paper also presents a […]

  • Date of Publication: 2007
  • Author(s): J.A. Calles
  • Type of Document: Research Report

El Analisis Institucional del Desarrollo Forestal Comunitario: Hacia una Redefinicion de los Desafios

Presentation given at a training session event on Institutional Analysis of Forest Policy for policy makers and practitioners working on community forestry in Bolivia. The purpose […]

  • Date of Publication: 2007
  • Author(s): K. Andersson
  • Type of Document: Media

Caracterizacion de suelos segun su indice de fertilidad y capacidad de uso en El Municipio de Ancoraimes

El presente trabajo de investigacion se viene desarrollando en el Municipio de Ancoraimes, correspondiente al Altiplano Norte de la Provincia Omasuyos del Departamento de La Paz. […]

  • Date of Publication: 2007
  • Author(s): B. Mamani; R. Miranda; P. Montavalli; J. Cusicanqui
  • Type of Document: Research Report

Fair deals for watershed services in the Caribbean

This report describes an action-learning project led by the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) that strengthened the capacity of national and regional institutions to assess the […]

  • Date of Publication: 2007
  • Author(s): S. McIntosh; N. Leotaud
  • Type of Document: Research Report

Comunidades forestales en Mexico: Resultados preliminares de nuestra encuesta nacional

This presentation summarizes the results of SANREM’s national survey of community forests in Mexico. In addition to the presentation listed below, this was also presented at […]

  • Date of Publication: 2007
  • Author(s): L. Merino; A.E. Martinez; A. Arias; A. Garcia
  • Type of Document: Media

Encuesta nacional de comunidades forestales en Mexico

This survey form was developed by the SANREM-Mexico team to be used in a national survey of forest-dependent communities. INDICE: 1. Datos Generales 2. Caracteristicas Generales […]

  • Date of Publication: 2007
  • Author(s): L. Merino; A.E. Martinez; A. Arias; A. Garcia
  • Type of Document: Project Document