Memoria de las actividades del IPDRS en el 2009
El documento es un análisis especializado del nuevo texto Constitucional en lo que a Desarrollo Rural Sustentable se refiere y forma parte de MIRADAS, libro publicado por la Vicepresidencia del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (VPEP), el Instituto Internacional para la Democracia y la Asistencia…
Epoca de siembra y cumbres
* Oscar Bazoberry Chali
El mundo se ve distinto desde Charagua. Recibí al año 2010 en esta localidad del Chaco Boliviano, que acaba de ganar por referéndum su reconocimiento como municipio indígena, aunque realmente es intercultural, debido a una…
Smallholder communities in the Bolivian highlands have managed to conquer hunger: cheese production o? ers great hope to the people of the Peñas Valley. Cheese provides healthy nourishment for their children, generates additional income for families, and stimulates the local economy. Education…
La enfermedad de Chagas mantiene ciclos de transmisión tanto domésticos como silvestres. Con el fin de avanzar en el conocimiento sobre el ciclo silvestre de transmisión de T. cruzi en la región del Gran Chaco, se realizaron los siguientes estudios: a) Prevalencia de infección por T. cruzi en…
textabstractAbstract: In this paper we discuss forestry issues related to land reform in Bolivia. We find that although the current land reform satisfies most of the necessary conditions for adequately addressing development issues in the agrarian sector, it does not deal with many challenges…
During the last decade, forest certification has gained momentum as a market-based conservation strategy in tropical forest countries. Certification has been promoted to enhance forest management in countries where governance capacities are insufficient to adequately manage natural resources and…
This study adopts an institutional approach to analyze the way in which informal rules, in their interaction with formal rules, shape the use of forest resources by diverse types of smallholders and communities (i.e., indigenous people, agro-extractive and traditional communities) in Latin…
This occasional paper is the result of research carried out from 2006 to 2008 on the effects of new tenure rights for forest-based communities in Latin America on access to forest resources and benefits. Focused on seven different regions in four countries, the paper examines changes in…
OBJETIVO: Identificar zonas geográficas de América Latina y el Caribe para la biofortificación de cultivos básicos como frijol, maíz, arroz, yuca y batata, contribuyendo así a reducir las deficiencias nutricionales en la Región.
MÉTODO: Se generó un sistema de información geográfica (SIG)…
This is about identifying which benefit-sharing and coordination mechanisms work best under which circumstances for basins anywhere in the Andes and the reasons underpinning failure or success in specific basin instances.
It is about providing a common platform - a negotiation support…
A Constituent Assembly drafted the constitution before being approved by 61% of voters in a popular referendum.