This guide describes two of the main approaches to greenhouse gas mitigation planning in developing countries: Low-Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs). It explains the possible relationships between them and their status within the United…
This review of national greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation planning in the agriculture sector provides national policy makers and others in the agriculture sector with an overview of national mitigation planning processes to aid them in identifying the relevance of these processes for promoting…
Meeting symbol/code: GSPPA-I/13/Report
Session: Sess.1
The Global Soil Partnership (GSP) was formally established by members of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) during its Council in December 2012. The Council recognized soil as an essential natural resource, which is often overlooked and has not received adequate…
Meeting Name: Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly
Meeting symbol/code: GSPPA: I/2013/2
This document contains the proceedings of the technical workshop entitled “Expanding mariculture: technical, environmental, spatial and governance challenges”, held from 22 to 25 March 2010, in Orbetello, Italy, and organized by the Aquaculture Branch of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department…
El artículo investiga el papel que jugaron afrodescendientes en el levantamiento de 1932. Al contrario de discursos oficiales de negación de población de origen africano en El Salvador, para el siglo 20 es la historia oral y la literatura que permiten reconstruir las situaciones de vida de…
This paper analyzes the rationale and limits of using labor contracts as a risk-sharing mechanism by (1) discussing types of contracts and their characteristics; (2) deriving the optimal labor contract for risk-neutral firms and risk-averse workers; (3) contrasting the predictions of contract…
El manejo actual del agua en México contradice la postura oficial respectiva. Para mostrar algunos ejemplos, se analizaron los distintos usos del agua y el suelo en la cuenca La Antigua (2,326.43 Km2) en Veracruz, describiéndola como un estudio de caso. La precipitación anual estimada es…
Se analiza la forma en que se expresa y recrea la discriminación de género en los procesos de adopciónde decisiones sobre la asignación de derechos de agua en el Distrito de Riego 101 Cuxtepeques, localizadoen la cuenca del río Grijalva, en Chiapas, al sur de México. Se destaca la relevante…
El objetivo del presente trabajo es abonar a la reflexión de la articulación entre la gestión de riesgo dedesastres y la equidad de género. Se presenta un estudio de caso en cuatro localidades del estado de Yucatán,México, sobre percepciones respecto al cambio climático y capacidades…
The study aims to contribute towards a
national urban strategy, in an effort to maximize
Mexico's cities competitiveness, and livelihoods, in
the urban economists' terms - to maximize agglomeration
economies, while…