Local resolution of watershed management trade-offs: The case of Cotacachi
Chapter 15 critically examines drinking water in Cotacachi through the application of a number of mathematical models. The purpose of this study is to measure how […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): F. Rodriguez; D. Southgate
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Local resolution of watershed management trade-offs: The case of Cotacachi
Abstract: Economists have developed various techniques for evaluating natural resources in the absence of price signals, including what is known as contingent valuation (CV). This methodology […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): F. Rodriguez; D. Southgate
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Community-based water monitoring in Cotacachi
This chapter discusses some of the main ramifications of Cotacachi’s unsafe and unreliable water supply. In particular, water is a public health issue, becoming a primary […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): S.S. Ruiz-Cordova; B.L. Duncan; W. Deustch; N. Gomez
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Climate change: Why worry?
Abstract: This presentation reviewed the current state of knowledge related to anthropogenically forced global climate change and projections from climate model simulations performed for the IPCC […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): A. Seth
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Incursion, fragmentation and tradition: Historical ecology of Andean Cotacachi
This third chapter provides a developed discussion of the various zones of agricultural production existing in Cotacachi as dictated by water availability and elevation. The history […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): A. Shiloh Moates; B.C. Campbell
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Living, dwindling, losing, finding: Status and changes in agrobiodiversity of Cotacachi
The ninth chapter of the book examines the modern and historic relationship between indigenous and European mechanisms for production. Historically, native production methods have been viewed […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): K. Skarbø
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Presentacion institucional del Instituto de La Pequena Produccion Sustentable, UNALM
Summary: This document is a presentation about an institution that works within the UNALM, dedicated to promote sustainable production among small scale producers. Their objectives, participatory […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): C. Turin; S. Vargas
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Cuestionario de estrategias de vida, capitales, y practicas CICLO 2005-2006: Proceso de muestreo y entrevista: Apuntes para el encuestador/a
Summary: Guidelines for person to person interviews using a close ended survey instrument, used in the Bolivian research.
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): UC; UMSA; PROINPA; MU
- Type of Document: Not Available
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Cuestionario de estrategias de vida, capitales, y practicas: CICLO 2005-2006
Summary: A full questionnaire of livelihood strategies, capitals and practices.
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): UC; UMSA; PROINPA; MU
- Type of Document: Project Document
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Practicas y estrategias en respuesta a los riesgos climaticos y del mercado en agroecosistemas vulnerables
An overview of the General SANREM CRSP program and the specific ‘Adapting to Change in the Andes’ project, as well as presentation of partners, stakeholders, objectives, […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): C. Valdivia
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management