Latin America and the Caribbean

Marco administrativo y financiero del proyecto

Summary: Administrative and financial framework of the SANREM CRSP project is presented in detail by Corinne Valdivia and Jere Gilles. Indicators of success are explained, and […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): C. Valdivia; J.L. Gilles
  • Type of Document: Media

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Programa de seguridad alimentaria (PL-480 titulo II) USAID/Bolivia

Summary: A description of the program

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

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Between purity and reality: Taking stock of PES schemes in the Andes

This editorial by Sven Wunder, Senior Economist at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) in Belem, Brazil, describes findings from a survey of PES field […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): S. Wunder
  • Type of Document: Newspaper Article

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Pagos por servicios ambientales: Principios basicos esenciales

RESUMEN: Los pagos por servicios ambientales (PSA) son parte de un paradigma de conservacion nuevo y mas directo, que explicitamente reconoce la necesidad de crear puentes […]

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

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Payments for environmental services in Costa Rica: Increasing efficiency through spatial differentiation

Abstract: Payments for Environmental Services (PES) have become a widely acknowledged and increasingly popular market based instrument to conserve forests and their environmental services. Costa Rica […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): T. Wunscher; S. Engel; S. Wunder
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Payments for Environmental Services: An equitable approach for reducing poverty and conserving nature

WWF’s approach of equitable PES, which it is developing and implementing with partners including CARE and IIED, aims to address the constraints to poverty alleviation by […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): WWF
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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Four decades of land use change in the Cotacachi Andes: 1963-2000

This fourth chapter uses a combination of scientific tools and interview to track changes in land use patterns in Cotacachi over the latter half of the […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): X. Zapata Rios; R.E. Rhoades; M.C. Segovia; F. Zehetner
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Toward sustainable crop production in Cotacachi: An assessment of the soils’ nutrient status

In Chapter 12, soil nutrients and soil quality in Cotacachi are thoroughly examined to evaluate historic, current, and future capacity for crop production. The Cotacachi soils […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): F. Zehetner; W.P. Miller
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Plant-water relations in an Andean landscape: Modelling the effect of irrigation on upland crop production

Chapter 13 models the potential impact of expanding the availability of irrigation in Cotacachi. While Cotacachi receives enough rain to cultivate a number of crops in […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): F. Zehetner; W.P. Miller; X. Zapata Rios
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Shaping an Andean landscape: Processes affecting topography, soils and hydrology in Cotacachi

This second chapter introduces the topography and field scale characteristics of soil and water types, processes, and uses. Important concepts regarding the variation of climate and […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): F. Zehtner; W.P. Miller
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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