Latin America and the Caribbean

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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
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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

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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

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