A multitemporal analysis to determine the land cover change was conduced in the pre-Andean range of Maule region of Chile. We used satellite imagery from the year 1989 and 2003 to analyze the likely causes of native forest change. In this period, there was a reduction in native forest area of 44% in the study area, which is equivalent to an annual forest loss rate of 4.1%. The native forest area is replaced by shrublands (29%) and exotic forest plantations (27%). A great proportion of current exotic forest plantations are established on lands that were native forest in 1989 (63%).
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2010Chile
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2010Costa Rica
The financial behavior of three schemes for payments for environmental services (PES) adjusted to the forest value (FV) was assessed, starting from a first forest harvest, which were classified into two types according to the dominance of Pentaclethra macroloba combined with palms (Forest Pp) or combined with Carapa guianensis (Forest Pc). In these forests, common production functions of sustainable forest management (SFM), and functions of profitability were elaborated for two conditions of harvesting during a cutting cycle.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2010Chile
In the Región de Aysen, Chile, Nothofagus antarctica (ñirre or Antarctic beech) forms puré forests called shrubby beech forests and secondary mixed shrub of anthropogenic origin. The aim of this work is to characterize the insect fauna associated to the foliage of Antarctic beech forests and scrublands in the Baker river basin. Insects were collected in spring (October 2006) and summer (January 2007), in five beech forests and 10 scrub patches from latitudes 47°2' S - 72°48' W to 47°15' S - 73° W. Six orders of insects were identified, being Coleóptera the most diverse.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2010Argentina
By the late 19th century, indigenous populations in Argentina's regions of Pampa, Patagonia and Chaco were subordinately incorporated into capitalist economy, through a series of genocidal and destribalization policies that have been thoroughly examined in previous studies. However, the circumstances of their integration and the strategies that indigenous actors displayed have not been systematically analyzed yet.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsJuly, 2010Nicaragua
El programa TERRENA (TERritorio Y REcursos NAturales), que Ingeniería Sin Fronteras desarrolla en la cuenca alta de Río Viejo (Nicaragua), tiene como objetivo reducir la vulnerabilidad en las áreas rurales empobrecidas, mediante la gestión integral y sostenible de recursos hídricos y del territorio, incluyendo la prevención y mitigación de riesgos de desastres, todo ello con un enfoque de cuenca hidrográfica.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJune, 2010Nicaragua, Costa Rica
The lowlands of the Caribbean slope of northern Costa Rica constitute one of the priority hotspots for biodiversity conservation in Mesoamerica.Nevertheless, the landscape has undergone a process of strong fragmentation that threatens its connectivity between protected areas in Costa Rica and southeastern Nicaragua.
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Library ResourceLegislationDecember, 2010Nicaragua
La presente Ley tiene como objeto crear un fondo para compra de tierra con equidad de genera para mujeres rurales, con el fin de otorgar apropiación jurídica y material de la tierra a favor de las mujeres rurales, que permitirá, además de mejorar la calidad de vida del núcleo familiar, el acceso a los recursos financieros,priorizando a aquellas mujeres cabezas de familia, de bajos recursos económicos.
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Library ResourceInstitutional & promotional materialsDecember, 2010Latin America and the Caribbean
La imagen tradicional de las mujeres rurales de América Latina, marcada por la subsistencia y el cuidado de su familia, da paso a otra de protagonistas de actividades comerciales y productivas a pequeña y gran escala, en un cambio que tiene detrás historias de éxitos y también de explotación.
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Library ResourceMultimediaDecember, 2010Bolivia
Annalisa Maure, gerente de Programas de la Coalición Internacional para el Acceso a la Tierra, describe el panorama del acceso a la tierra en el mundo, Latinoamérica y Bolivia.
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Library ResourceMultimediaDecember, 2010Costa Rica
Este documental recopila la experiencia de las familias vecinas de Crucitas, Costa Rica y las implicaciones de los trabajos realizados para la apertura del espacio para minería a cielo abierto.
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