En el Día Internacional de las Mujeres Rurales, se realizó este foro sobre la contribución de las mujeres del campo, sus propuestas alternativas al deterioro de las condiciones de vida del espacio rural, al deterioro de la vida de las mujeres campesinas e indígenas, en la defensa de ellas como…
En conmemoración del Día Internacional de la Lucha Campesina, la Red de Mujeres rurales, reunió a mujeres indígenas y campesinas, así como a miembros de la comunidad, en territorio indígena Térraba, para reflexionar en torno a sus temas prioritarios: la lucha de las mujeres por la tierra, los…
This paper examines the role of property rights and community control in promoting forest conservation, and extends the classic framework of the bundles of property rights to non-consumptive resources and ecosystem services. Common property resources are first contrasted with protected areas,…
Current carbon accounting methodologies often assume interactions between above-ground and below-ground carbon, without considering effects of land management. We used data from two long-term coffee agroforestry experiments in Costa Rica and Nicaragua to assess the effect on total soil organic…
A guest post by Robert Oberndorf, Resource Law Specialist, Tenure and Global Climate Change Project
As the full impacts of Typhoon Haiyan become apparent, many commentators are linking this tragic event with concerns regarding the long-term impacts of global climate change. On the opening…
El trabajo que ponemos en sus manos cierra con broche de oro nuestro ciclo de artículos especializados en juventudes rurales, tema que abordamos con énfasis este 2013. El objetivo del artículo, nos dice el autor, es la recomendación de políticas públicas diferenciadas para distintos…
Biomass production costs and dry matterkilogram cost were evaluated in kikuyu grass (Kikuyuocloa clandestina), perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) and African stargrass (Cynodon nlemfuensis), along one year, in 8 dairy farms located in Cartago (2), San José (2) and Alajuela (4) provinces.…
Meeting symbol/code: GSPPA-I/13/Report
Session: Sess.1
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper 582. This study reports on the experiences with a diversity of cases of rights-based benthic and finfish fisheries management regimes from the Latin American region. Each case specifies the main attributes of the access rights, whether formal or…
Meeting symbol/code: GSPPA-I/13/Report
Session: Sess.1
Programmes to reduce emissions from deforestation and ecosystem degradation, such as REDD+ and other forestry incentive programmes, including Payment for Environmental Services (PES), could represent an opportunity to strengthen processes of conservation, sustainable usage and poverty…