Latin America and the Caribbean

Potencialidades de implementacion de esquemas de Pagos por Servicios Ambientales en Venezuela

El presente documento realiza un analisis sobre las potencialidades de aplicar esquemas de pago por servicios ambientales en Venezuela, con enfasis especial en servicios hidrologicos. El […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): J. Blanco; S. Wunder; J. Sabogal
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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Good to eat, good to think: Food, culture and biodiversity in Cotacachi

Chapter 11 offers an anthropological perspective on Cotacachi foods and cuisine. Specifically, local preferences and consumption practices were closely examined in attempt to understand how changes […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): J. Camacho
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Presentacion institucional – Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias UMSA

Summary: A presentation of the Institute for Farming Research UMSA’s research activities and programs.

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): J. Cusicanqui
  • Type of Document: Media

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Diagnostico preliminar de la biodiversidad en las microcuencas del Rio Alumbre e Illangama, afluentes del Rio Chimbo, Provincia de Bolivar

OBJECTIVOS: – Efectuar un inventario preliminar de la diversidad de plantas, aves, mamiferos, y anfibios en las microcuencas de los rios Illangama y Alumbre en la […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): J.A. Calles Lopez; D. Salvador Pena (eds.)
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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Understanding decentralized forest governance: An application of the institutional analysis and development framework

Summary: Analyzes how local institutional arrangements affect the outcomes of decentralization policies in the non-industrialized world, particularly related to forest governance. Relies on the Institutional Analysis […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): K. Andersson
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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Presentacion institucional del CIPCA, Centro de Investigacion y Promocion del Campesinado.

Summary: A Presentation of the institution and research-development activities of CIPCA.

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): M.A. Carvajal
  • Type of Document: Media

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Research methods in risk analysis

Summary: Among the research methods for risk analysis, this document shows the design of a survey that pursues to evaluate the climate change risk in the […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): L.A. Marks
  • Type of Document: Media

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Rapid hydrological analysis of the Los Negros watershed in support of a Payments-for-Environmental Services (PES) mechanism

Hydrological research is expensive and time consuming. If Payments for Environmental Services (PES) systems are really to integrate forest conservation and sustainable development in the world’s […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): N. Asquith
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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Traversing a landscape of memory

This sixth chapter describes a number of the spiritual stories and native tales associated with the Cotacachi indigenous culture. These include trickster tales, creation myths, and […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): V. Nazarea; R. Guitarra; R.E. Rhoades
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Recipes for Life: Counsel, customs, and cuisine from the Andean hearth

Daily sustenance tends to be overlooked as we focus our attention on big, important issues such as development, conservation, and globalization. And yet what sustains people […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): V.D. Nazarea; J. Camacho; N. Parra
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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