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Mayo 2014

BENEFIT-SHARING MECHANISMS
Water is essential for all human life and the ecosystems that support us. Water is a fundamental human right - socially, economically and culturally important.
For communities living in the Andean and Amazonian regions, this is especially true. Today these…

Peer-reviewed publication
Mayo 2014

Open space (OS) is a key element in the provision of ecosystem services (ES) in urban environments. Under a land cover-land use perspective, cities are incorporating into the expansion process to different types of surfaces: sealed, paved surfaces and OS. The first corresponds to a land cover…

Reports & Research
Mayo 2014

This is the first paper that estimates the global land use change impact of growth of the bioenergy sector. Applying time-series analytical mechanisms to fuel, biofuel and agricultural commodity prices and production, we estimate the long-rung relationship between energy prices, bioenergy…

Reports & Research
Abril 2014

<h4><em>Forest Peoples Programme and the Amerindian Peoples Association are pleased to announce the publication of a new special report:</em></h4>

<strong>Edited by Kate Dooley and Tom Griffiths</strong>

<strong>Authors: Oda Almås (FPP),…

Journal Articles & Books
Abril 2014

The aim of this study is to discuss and apply hedonic methodology for the determination and forecast of land prices in specific markets. This is important due to the fact that there is no official or reliable information in Brazil on current prices in land market transactions. This hedonic price…

Reports & Research
Marzo 2014

Although Climate-Smart Agricultural (CSA) practices are expected to boost adaptive capacity, food security and climate change mitigation in resource poor, smallholder farming systems, the barriers that can restrict its uptake are diverse. This study investigated the barriers hindering CSA…

Marzo 2014

Water Use in the Can?ete River Basin
People who live in a healthy watershed benefit from its steady supply of water in many different ways, using it for households, agriculture, and industry. In many cases, however, the benefits derived from water are inequitably distributed among water…

Journal Articles & Books
Marzo 2014

Over the last years, geospatial web platforms, social media, and volunteered geographic information (VGI) have opened a window of opportunity for traditional Public Participatory GIS (PPGIS) to usher in a new era. Taking advantage of these technological achievements, this paper presents a new…

Reports & Research
Febrero 2014

A presente pesquisa tem por objetivo investigar as mudanças recentes no espaço agrário da fronteira Brasil-Uruguai, mais precisamente no que diz respeito à questão agrária e camponesa. Com um viés libertário, procurase realizar uma análise a respeito da introdução dos projetos de Assentamentos…

Journal Articles & Books
Febrero 2014

The Amazonian economic occupation over the last forty years has been extremely harmful to the environment and to the traditional populations. One of the strategies to overcome this difficulty, dealing with sustainable development, is the development of productive units—starting with non-timber…

Policy Papers & Briefs
Febrero 2014

 
Como es habitual en el IPDRS, durante las primeras semanas de cada año, compartimos con las y los lectores de este espacio de Diálogo nuestra visión sobre el estado de situación y del debate respecto a los principales temas del desarrollo rural en la región. En esta oportunidad les…