Latin America and the Caribbean

Enmiendas organicas e inorganicas y la fertilidad del suelo en el cultivo de la papa (Solanum tuberosum)

A presentation of the SANREM CRSP Andes (LTR-4) project’s objectives, areas of action, methodology, experimental designs, activities and preliminary results.

  • Date of Publication: 2007
  • Author(s): R. Miranda
  • Type of Document: Media

Changes in soil organic C and N due to climate change and socioeconomic factors in potato-based cropping systems in the Bolivian Highlands

Global climate change and changes in migration and market conditions in the Bolivian Highlands (Altiplano) have reduced the use of traditional cropping practices and increased the […]

  • Date of Publication: 2007
  • Author(s): P.P. Motavalli; J. Aguilera; C. Valdivia; M. Garcia; E. Jimenez; J.A. Cusicanqui; R. Miranda
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Fair deals for watershed services in Bolivia

This document reports on an assessment of the potential of market mechanisms to improve rural livelihoods through watershed management, conducted by Fundacion Natura Bolivia. Watershed management […]

  • Date of Publication: 2007
  • Author(s): N. Asquith; M.T. Vargas
  • Type of Document: Research Report

Informe del taller de capacitacion sobre manejo y evaluacion de bofedales de la Comunidad de Apopata

Fortalecer las capacidades de los comuneros de Apopata para analizar la situacion actual de los bofedales, establecer procedimientos metodologicos faciles de ejecutar en el campo para […]

  • Date of Publication: 2007
  • Author(s): P. Condor
  • Type of Document: Research Report

Presentacion del Proyecto SANREM: Desarrollo de Capacidades para la Adaptacion a los Cambios de Clima y de Mercado en Comunidades del Altiplano

Presentacion de la experiencia de investigacion realizada por SANREM en Peru en los ambitos de las Comunidades Campesinas de Santa Maria y Apopata tomando como enfasis […]

  • Date of Publication: 2007
  • Author(s): P. Condor
  • Type of Document: Media

PES design and policy issues: Part II

This presentation discusses seller and buyer issues, property rights issues, enabling policies and legal framework, and intermediaries. Abstract: Issues for suppliers of PES include whether they […]

  • Date of Publication: 2007
  • Author(s): P. Ferraro
  • Type of Document: Media

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

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

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

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